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Therapeutics > Orthoptics
Health Occupations > Orthoptics

Preferred term

Orthoptics  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • The study and treatment of defects in binocular vision resulting from defects in the optic musculature or of faulty visual habits. It involves a technique of eye exercises designed to correct the visual axes of eyes not properly coordinated for binocular vision.

Entry terms

  • Pleoptics

In other languages

  • French

  • Orthoptique
  • Pléoptie
  • Pléoptique

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-X7JQ3B5D-S

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