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The dioptric adjustment of the EYE (to attain maximal sharpness of retinal imagery for an object of regard) referring to the ability, to the mechanism, or to the process. Ocular accommodation is the effecting of refractive changes by changes in the shape of the CRYSTALLINE LENS. Loosely, it refers to ocular adjustments for VISION, OCULAR at various distances. (Cline et al., Dictionary of Visual Science, 4th ed)
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- Accommodation, Ocular
- Ocular Distance Accommodation
- Accommodation, Ocular Distance
- Distance Accommodation, Ocular
- Ocular Distance Accommodations
- Accommodation, Lens
- Lens Accommodation
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Indexed with the subheadings drug effects, ethics, genetics, immunology, physiology, radiation effects.
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do not confuse with ADAPTATION, OCULAR, adjustment of eye to light
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- National Library of Medicine. Ocular Accommodation. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000065. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000065
- Ocular Accommodation. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accommodation_(vertebrate_eye)
- Ocular Accommodation. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q419793