Taber's Medical Dictionary
refraction
(rĭ-frak′shŏn)
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1. Deflection from a straight path, as of light rays as they pass through media of different densities; the change in direction of a ray when it passes from one medium to another of a different density.
2. Determination of the amount of ocular refractive errors and their correction.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Refraction." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/759252/all/refraction.
Refraction. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/759252/all/refraction. Accessed December 9, 2023.
Refraction. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/759252/all/refraction
Refraction [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2023 December 09]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/759252/all/refraction.
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