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double vision

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EKI terminibaas Esterm

ID 737759 Last modified 01.12.2020
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  • nägemishäire, mis seisneb eseme samaaegses nägemises kahes eri kohas
  • the seeing of a single object as double, usually resulting from misalignment of the two eyes, but sometimes due to optical faults such as variations of density and consequently of refractive index within the crystalline lens
  • the condition in which a single object, or the haploscopically presented equivalent of a single object, is perceived as two objects rather than one
  • a disorder of vision in which two images of a single object are seen (as from unequal action of the eye muscles)
Good to know
  • is broader than: homonymous diplopia; heteronymous diplopia; binocular diplopia
diploopia
Usage examples
  • Nõuded I grupi päästeteenistuja nägemisele: ... 3) eelnevas tervisekontrollis ei ole lubatud punase ja rohelise värvuse häire; ... 5) eelnevas ja perioodilises tervisekontrollis ei ole lubatud diploopia ehk kahelinägemine; 6) eelnevas tervisekontrollis ei ole lubatud glaukoom, katarakt, retinopaatiad, kanapimedus; ...
kahelinägemine
diplopia
Usage examples
  • Diplopia occurs when the visual axes become misaligned, causing the image of an object to fall on noncorresponding areas of the retina of each eye. This causes the perception of two images instead of one.
Good to know
  • technical term for double vision
double vision
Usage examples
  • Monocular diplopia differs from binocular diplopia in that the double vision remains present when the nonaffected eye is covered.
diplopia
diplopie
vision double
Diplopie
Diplopia

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