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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. Either of the second pair of cranial nerves that arise from the retina and carry visual information to the thalamus and other parts of the brain.

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  1. n. neuroanatomy Either of a pair of nerves that carry visual information from the retina to the brain

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. the cranial nerve that serves the retina

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  1. cranial nerve

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  1. optic chiasma
  2. papilledema
  3. blind spot
  4. ocular
  5. optic
  6. thalamus
  1. evisceroneurotomy
  2. sclero-optic
  3. semidecussation
  4. zinn's corona
  5. neuroretinitis
  6. retina
  1. optic vesicle
  2. amaurosis
  3. vena centrales retinae
  4. retrobulbar neuritis
  5. slit lamp
  6. glaucoma
  1. normal tension glaucoma
  2. optic disc
  3. optic disk
  4. arteria centralis retinae
  5. central artery of the retina
  6. central vein of retina
  1. vision
  2. cæcidotea
  3. colliculus
  4. coloboma
  5. color
  6. circle
  1. fossa
  2. visual

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  1. anatomy

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