PAPILLARY INFALLIBILITY

ACROSS

1. Cataract surgeon’s frequent refractive goal

5. Disease also called Vitelliform Macular Dystrophy

9. Name associated with Joel or Kidd

10. Prefix for present or potent

11. Distinguishing character

12. ____ point, possible goal of surgery for 4 Down

13. Retinal emboli sometimes seen in drug users

15. Accra is its capital

19. Respectful German Shepherd name?

20. Melvin _____, Defense Secretary under Nixon

24. Zoom corporate group

25. Optic nerve shape

26. Mid Eastern religion with no priest or rituals

27. Chad Rowan became the first American to achieve the highest rank in this Japanese sport

28. Word before film or duct

32. Capital of Belarus

36. Como ____?

37. Syndrome associated with anisocoria

38. Spots sometimes seen in optic nerve swelling

39. Is accustomed

DOWN

1. Optic nerve defect that may cause an arcuate scotoma

2. Text speak for “Laughing like hell.”

3. “pecia” (hair loss) prefix

4. Possible eye finding in congenital optic nerve disease

5. ___ mot (witty remark)

6. Second largest bird after the ostrich

7. Chevy Chase, Gilda Radner and John Belushi starred in this show (abbrev.)

8. Abnormality seen in myopes that may cause temporal visual field defects

9. Eponym associated with a protruding vessel for the optic nerve

14. Incomplete development of the optic nerve or iris may cause these

16. Optic nerve test (abbrev.)

17. Summer quaff

18. Famous Israeli singer

21. Gardner once married to Frank Sinatra

22. Institute for Oral Health (abbrev.)

23. Spanish for small river

29. Prefix associated with a VI nerve palsy

30. Broken up phone co.

31. Cheerleader’s cry

33. Chemical suffix

34. This may be seen in blepharitis associated with head lice

35. Search engine optimization (abbrev.)

SOLUTION

Joe Bentivegna, MD, is an ophthalmologist in private practice in Rocky Hill, Conn. His latest novel, “Respect,” is available now. You can contact him at jfbentivegna@gmail.com.