| pannus | an abnormal corneal thickening; a group of ragged fragments hanging beneath a cloud. | |
| aniseikonia | a visual defect in which the retinal images differ in size. | |
| syllepsis | the use of a word to perform more than one syntactic function, esp. to modify words at least one of which disagrees in number, case, etc. | |
| anisocoria | inequality in pupillary diameter. | |
| zeugma | the use of a verb with two subjects or objects, or of an adjective with two nouns, though it is appropriate to only one of them. | |
| seiche | an occasional sudden variation in the water level of a lake, bay, etc., caused by wind, earthquakes, barometric fluctuations, etc. | |
| hippus | spasmodic contractions of the pupil. | |
| eustacy | a worldwide change in sea levels. | |
| anacoluthon | a break in grammatical coherence. |