acuity

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Visual acuity is the easiest way to determine the basic eye health of an individual.

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  1. noun Acuteness of vision or perception; keenness.

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  • No doubting her acuity -- in the first line of her Oz —  Crikey » Canberra Calling
  • While their visual acuity is about ten times worse than our own, their sense of smell is about forty times stronger. —  MyLinkVault Newest Links
  • While no differences were observed in terms of uncorrected visual acuity and best-spectacle corrected visual acuity, the researchers do report that there was a trend towards improved visual acuity in people in the high-dose lutein group. —  NutraIngredients-USA RSS
  • Not only are the students developing their visual acuity, they also are gaining valuable insight into the competitive industry of set design. —  Princeton University Top Stories
  • After adjusting for baseline acuity, the mean difference in amblyopic improvement, as measured by eye-chart lines read, was 0.3 lines -- in favor of combination therapy but not significantly (95\% CI ­-0. 2 to 0.8). —  MedPageToday.com - medical news plus CME for physicians
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  1. Middle English acuite, from Old French, ultimately from Latin acūtus, sharp; see acute.

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  1. from French acuité, from Middle Latin acuita(t-)s, irreg. from Latin acuere, sharpen: see acute, adjective, and -ity.
 

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