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Pupillography
Recording movements of the pupil of the eye.
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Tonic pupil
A pupil that reacts slowly in accommodation-convergence reflexes.
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Pinhole pupil
A pupil of minute size; one excessively constricted; seen after use of miotics, in opium poisoning, and in certain brain disorders.
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Occlusion of the pupil
A pupil with an opaque membrane shutting off the pupillary area.
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Keyhole pupil
A pupil with an artificial coloboma at the pupillary margin.
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Fixed pupil
A pupil that does not react to stimuli. A fixed pupil, referring to the circular opening in the center of the iris, is an abnormal condition where it does not respond to light or adjust during the process of focusing on objects (accommodation). This condition could indicate various eye disorders like acute glaucoma and uveitis,…
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Cornpicker’s pupil
Dilated pupils found in agricultural workers who are exposed to dust from jimsonweed. The dust contains stramonium, a mydriatic.
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Bumke’s pupil
Dilatation of the pupil owing to psychic stimulus.
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Bounding pupil
Rapid dilatation of a pupil, alternating with contraction.
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Artificial pupil
A pupil made by iridectomy when the normal pupil is occluded.
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