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orthoptic

 [or-thop´tik]
correcting obliquity of one or both visual axes.

or·thop·tic

(ōr-thop'tik),
Relating to orthoptics.

or·thop·tic

(ōr-thop'tik)
Relating to orthoptics.
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On orthoptic examination, 27% patients had exophoria for near convergence, 50% had convergence insufficiency or decreased convergence amplitude, and 23% had esophoria [Table 10].
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The favourable age for operation is when the child can be assessed for orthoptic correction and also when the functional and cosmetic symptoms become too apparent.
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After informed consent forms were obtained from the patients' families, the patients underwent ophthalmic and orthoptic examinations.
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Analysis of retinal nerve fibre layer changes in anisometropic amblyopia by Heidelberg retina tomograph

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