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Deviations from the average or standard indices of refraction of the eye through its dioptric or refractive apparatus.
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- Refractive Disorders
- Disorder, Refractive
- Disorders, Refractive
- Error, Refractive
- Errors, Refractive
- Refractive Disorder
- Refractive Error
- Ametropia
- Ametropias
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- National Library of Medicine. Refractive Errors. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D012030. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D012030
- Refractive Errors. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refractive_error
- Refractive Errors. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q470427