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  • noun Common misspelling of ophthalmology.

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  • Again, forgive me for my lack of medical knowledge; they tell me things and I really don't understand what they mean, so bear with me; and the analogies I am using are the ones they use to make me understand -- call it a crash course in opthalmology.

    Breakfast in Bed desayunoencama 2004

  • The device is currently very crude, but it's impressive that some patients have been able to read large fonts," said Daniel Palanker, who works in opthalmology and experimental physics at Stanford University, and is not connected to the Argus II.He and colleagues are developing another artificial retina implant that delivers images to the eye via pulses of infrared light, though they are years away from having a commercial product."

    Artificial retina helps some blind people 2011

  • "The device is currently very crude, but it's impressive that some patients have been able to read large fonts," said Daniel Palanker, who works in opthalmology and experimental physics at Stanford University, and is not connected to the Argus II.

    Artificial Retina Helps Blind People See AP 2011

  • "The device is currently very crude, but it's impressive that some patients have been able to read large fonts," said Daniel Palanker, who works in opthalmology and experimental physics at Stanford University, and is not connected to the Argus II.

    Artificial Retina Helps Blind People See AP 2011

  • "The device is currently very crude, but it's impressive that some patients have been able to read large fonts," said Daniel Palanker, who works in opthalmology and experimental physics at Stanford University, and is not connected to the Argus II.

    Artificial Retina Helps Blind People See AP 2011

  • Allergan, a conservative company specializing in the opthalmology field, was willing to sell the product but did nothing to promote its cosmetic use and didn't even seek FDA approval until a management change in 1998.

    The Botox Boom 2007

  • Except that I was too upset to concentrate on the latest news in opthalmology.

    The Payback Club Becnel, Rexanne 2006

  • I immediately went to the opthalmology department of the local hospital where, after tests, they told me I have papilloedema and macular oedema in that eye but the other one is fine.

    Another take on the Splenda nonsense | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2006

  • The studes in opthalmology had chopped his inferior oblique eye-muscles in two—and pulled his eyeballs partway out, and stitched his superior recti muscles into new places outward on his eyeballs—for cyclophoria.

    Sherlock Holmes on acid Jenny Davidson 2005

  • The studes in opthalmology had chopped his inferior oblique eye-muscles in two—and pulled his eyeballs partway out, and stitched his superior recti muscles into new places outward on his eyeballs—for cyclophoria.

    Archive 2005-12-01 Jenny Davidson 2005

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