optic
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After a week getting steroids and pain medicine at Providence St. John’s Medical Center in Santa Monica, he received the biopsy results: an extremely aggressive malignant mass was blocking blood flow to Duong’s optic nerve.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026
Three weeks ago, the Oscars production team loaded its equipment into the Dolby Theatre: more than 800 lighting fixtures, a custom PA system and massive fiber optic cables that run underground.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026
Will he bow to US pressure to nix a project to link China and Chile across the Pacific via an undersea fiber optic cable?
From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026
Glaucoma is a chronic eye disease that damages the optic nerve and can result in permanent vision loss.
From Science Daily • Jan. 16, 2026
He’d even painted the room, from its sky blue to a barren, optic white.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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