See Also: Astigmatism(medicine)
astigmatism(encyclopedia)
astigmatism(dictionary)
Astigmatism(health)
astigmatism(dictionary)
lenticular astigmatism(medicine)
astigmatism against the rule(medicine)
astigmatism with the rule(medicine)
regular astigmatism(medicine)
myopic astigmatism(medicine)

Leboyer (iou) and Astigmatism (health)


Leboyer (iou)



Leboyer noun. L20.
[Frederick Leboyer (b. 1918), French obstetrician.]
Used attrib. with ref. to a manner of Childbirth involving gentle delivery and handling with minimum intervention and minimum stimulation of the baby.

Astigmatism (health)


Astigmatism is caused by an uneven or asymmetrical curvature of the cornea, which prevents the eye from focusing clearly at any distance. Astigmatism causes certain amounts of distortion or pitched images because of the uneven bending of the light rays entering the eye.