ocular

(ŏk'yə-lər)
adj.

1. 1. Of or relating to the eye: ocular exercises; ocular muscles.
   2. Resembling the eye in form or function: ocular spots; an ocular organ.
2. Of or relating to the sense of sight: an ocular aberration.
3. Seen by the eye; visual: ocular proof.

n.
The eyepiece of an optical instrument.

[Late Latin oculāris, from Latin oculus, eye.]

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Pertaining to movements of the eye.

IN BRIEF: To do with the eye.

She was mortified to discover that he wasn't winking at her, but just doing some ocular exercises.

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1. of or concerned with the eye or vision.
2. or eyepiece the lens or system of lenses in an optical instrument (especially a compound microscope) that is positioned nearest to the eye.

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1. pertaining to the eye.
2. eyepiece (of a microscope).

• o. albinism — hypopigmentation of the iris.
• o. carcinoma — see carcinoma of skin.
• extrinsic o. muscles — see extraocular muscles.
• o. filariasis — see thelaziasis, onchocerciasis.
• o. fornix — the fold formed by the reflection of the conjunctiva from the eyelid to the globe of the eye.
• o. globe — see eyeball.

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• o. implant — drug delivery devices placed on the cornea or in the conjunctival sac to provide constant release of medication to the eye. The devices may be dissolvable or non-dissolvable.
• o. lymphomatosis — see marek's disease.
• o. neurectoderm — ectoderm which gives rise to ocular tissues.
• o. osteosarcoma — see feline posttraumatic sarcoma.
• o. reflexes — see menace reflex, pupillary light reflex, corneal reflex, consensual light reflex.
• o.-skeletal dysplasia — combined ocular and skeletal defects found in Samoyeds and Labradors; ocular lesions include cataract and retinal detachment, the skeletal lesions include hip dysplasia, varus and valgus deformities, and many others.
• o. ultrasound — ultrasound examination of the eye is used to detect foreign bodies, intraocular masses, retinal detachment and asterid hyalitis. Especially useful when the cornea is opaque and ophthalmoscopic examination is impossible.

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - øje(n)-, synlig
n. - okular

Nederlands (Dutch)
oculair, oog-/kijkglas, met het oog waargenomen, lijkend op een oog

Français (French)
adj. - oculaire, de l'¯il
n. - oculaire

Deutsch (German)
n. - Okular (Augenstück eines optischen Instruments)
adj. - Augen-

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - προσοφθάλμιος φακός
adj. - οφθαλμικός, οπτικός

Italiano (Italian)
oculare

Português (Portuguese)
n. - ocular (f)
adj. - ocular

Русский (Russian)
окуляр, глазной, наглядный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - ocular, visual
n. - ocular

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - okular
adj. - okulär, ögon-, synlig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
眼睛的, 视觉的, 用眼的, 目镜, 眼睛

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 眼睛的, 視覺的, 用眼的
n. - 目鏡, 眼睛

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 시각상의
n. - 접안렌즈, (익살)눈

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 目の, 目で見た, 目のような, 目による, 視覚上の
n. - 接眼レンズ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) نظارة, عدسه عينيه (صفه) عيني, بصري‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮של העיניים, של ראייה, מובחן ע"י העין‬
n. - ‮עדשה של מכשיר אופטי‬

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