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Ocular prosthesis

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<B>1.</B> An artificial replacement for an eyeball.

In other words, an artificial eye, a globe of glass or plastic colored so it looks like an eyeball.

<BR><B>2.</B> In the strict sense, any artificial aid to vision such as, for example, a pair of eyeglasses or a plastic lens inserted in the place of a lens densely clouded by a cataract.

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