Phacodonesis (;
) is the tremulousness or vibration of the lens with eye movement.
This is often due to
lens subluxation
Ectopia lentis is a displacement or malposition of the eye's crystalline lens from its normal location. A partial dislocation of a lens is termed lens subluxation or subluxated lens; a complete dislocation of a lens is termed lens luxation or lu ...
, the incomplete or partial dislocation of the lens, caused by an injury to the eye in which some or most of the
zonular fibers are broken.
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Iridodonesis Iridodonesis () is the vibration or agitated motion of the iris with eye movement. This may be caused by lens subluxation, the incomplete or partial dislocation of the lens; or by aphakia, the absence of a lens. The term originated from irido- ( la, ...
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Ophthalmology
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