Definition of Intraocular pressure

1. Noun. Pressure exerted by the fluids inside the eyeball; regulated by resistance to the outward flow of aqueous humor. "Glaucoma can result from increased intraocular pressure"

Exact synonyms: Iop
Generic synonyms: Force Per Unit Area, Pressure, Pressure Level

Medical Definition of Intraocular pressure

1. The pressure the fluid (vitreous) contained within the eye, exerts on the globe (lining of the eyeball). Increased intraocular pressure is a feature of glaucoma. (27 Sep 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Intraocular Pressure

intransmutable
intransparent
intrant
intrants
intranuclear
intranuclearly
intranucleosomal
intraobserver error
intraoccular
intraocular
intraocular fluid
intraocular implant
intraocular lens
intraocular neuritis
intraocular part of optic nerve
intraocular pressure (current term)
intraocular pressure monitoring
intraocular tension
intraocularly
intraoesophageal
intraoesophageally
intraoffice
intraoperative
intraoperative care
intraoperative complications
intraoperative period
intraoperative radiation therapy
intraoperatively
intraoral
intraoral anaesthesia

Literary usage of Intraocular pressure

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Annals of Ophthalmology (1916)
"The intraocular pressure of the normal eye gazing at a fixed spot on the ceiling. ... The intraocular pressure of normal eyes at varying intervals after the ..."

2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1880)
"He then takes up the connection between the intraocular pressure and the blood ... The idea that the intraocular pressure is subject in some degree to the ..."

3. Textbook of human physiology by Leonard Landois, William Stirling (1889)
"intraocular pressure.—'Ihe cavity of the bulb is practically filled with watery ... The constancy of the intraocular pressure is also influenced by the fact ..."

4. A Text-book of physiology: For Medical Students and Physicians by William Henry Howell (1915)
"intraocular pressure.—The liquids in the interior of the eye are normally ... The amount of the intraocular pressure may be measured by thrusting a tubular ..."

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