optic disc
Britishnoun
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There are several risk factors for NAION, including a chronic condition like Type 2 diabetes or high blood pressure, or being born with a small optic disc.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
Why does the blind spot from the optic disc in either eye not result in a blind spot in the visual field?
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The optic disc appeared somewhat cloudy, with very evident venous pulsation.
From Neuralgia and the Diseases that Resemble it by Francis E. Anstie
Snell gives an instance in which a piece of steel was imbedded close to the optic disc with retention of sight.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
For nine years I have watched the progress of such a glaucoma in a man now aged 87, with slow development of glaucomatous cupping of the optic disc, now more than 3 D. deep.
From Glaucoma A Symposium Presented at a Meeting of the Chicago Ophthalmological Society, November 17, 1913 by Willis O. Nance
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