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pupil
(redirected from Afferent pupillary defect)

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pupil: see eye eye, organ of vision and light perception. In humans the eye is of the camera type, with an iris diaphragm and variable focusing, or accommodation. Other types of eye are the simple eye, found in many invertebrates, and the compound eye, found in insects and many
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pupil1
1. a student who is taught by a teacher, esp a young student
2. Civil and Scots law a boy under 14 or a girl under 12 who is in the care of a guardian

pupil2
the dark circular aperture at the centre of the iris of the eye, through which light enters


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Prior to the onset of the blindness, the patient's visual acuity had been 20/60 in the right eye and 6/200 in the left eye; he had also had a left relative afferent pupillary defect.
Examination also revealed an afferent pupillary defect of the right eye and right lateral rectus muscle palsy (figure 1).
His visual acuity was 6/6 right and 6/5 left, he had no relative afferent pupillary defect, and his ocular movements were normal.
 
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