pleopticsn.
/plɪˈɒptɪks/, U.S. /pliˈɑptɪks/ Ophthalmology.
A form of treatment for amblyopia involving stimulation of the fovea of the eccentrically fixating eye, esp. by subjecting the surrounding retina to bright to make the fovea more sensitive. Occasionally with plural agreement.
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pleoptics1955
1955 Q. Cumulative Index Med. 58 1517/1 (heading) Pleoptics and orthoptics.
1964 A. Schlossman in A. Sorby Mod. Ophthalmol. III. 141 Pleoptics, which was initiated by Bangerter of St-Gallen, Switzerland, has its greatest value in the treatment of the large number of patients with eccentric fixation who cannot be managed by any other form of therapy.
1975 M. M. Parks Ocular Motility & Strabismus xi. 98/1 An eccentrically fixating eye in some older children has been restored to central fixation using pleoptics after occlusion therapy has failed.
2005 Surv. Ophthalmol. 50 138/1 For occlusion and pleoptics: (a) older age, with treatment begun before 18 months showing a more stable outcome than treatment started later.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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