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Astigmatism(medicine)
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Astigmatism(health)
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lenticular astigmatism(medicine)
corneal astigmatism(medicine)

ddl (medicine) and Astigmatism (health)


ddl (medicine)


ddl
<drug> A nucleoside analogue that inhibits infection of new cells by HIV.

FDA-approved for individuals intolerant to or failing on AZT and for people who have taken AZT for sixteen weeks or more.

Side effects can include nerve damage in the hands and feet (peripheral neuropathy), damage to the pancreas (pancreatitis) and diarrhoea.


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.