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Refraction

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Refraction
In ophthalmology, the bending of light that takes place within the human eye. Refractive errors include nearsightedness (myopia), farsightedness (hyperopia), and astigmatism. Lenses can be used to control the amount of refraction, correcting those errors.
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1. The deflection of a ray of light when it passes from one medium into another of different optical density; in passing from a denser into a rarer medium it is deflected away from a line perpendicular to the surface of the refracting medium; in passing from a rarer to a denser medium it is bent toward this perpendicular line. 2. The act of determining the nature and degree of the refractive errors in the eye and correction of the same by lenses. SYN: refringence. [L. refractio (see refract)]
- double r. the property of having more than one refractive index according to the direction of the transmitted light. SYN: birefringence.
- dynamic r. r. of the eye during accommodation.
- static r. r. without accommodation.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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