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Hierarchy: #optics (5 terms)

• Abbe surgical technique / Abbe device (proper noun (plastic surgery / ophthalmology))

  The term refers to medical eponyms derived from scientific figures: in plastic surgery, the 'Abbe flap' (pioneered by Robert Ab...

• Aberration (noun / medical and scientific term (genetics / psychiatry / astronomy / optics))

  A clear departure from what is normal, correct, logical, or natural. In genetics, it represents a profound modification in the ...

• Aberrative (adjective (genetics / optics / psychopathology))

  Characterized by aberration; generating deviations, anomalies, or distortions relative to a biological, physical, or logical no...

• Abero- (combining form) (combining form / prefixoid (biomedical optics / clinical ophthalmology))

  A learned combining form used as a prefixoid in modern medical and technical terminology to construct terms related to aberrati...

• Aberroscope (noun / optical device (historical ophthalmology / clinical biophysics))

  An optical instrument or diagnostic device historically used, or applied in biophysics experiments, for observing, visualizing,...