The young woman had acquired (right after receiving her fourth -- mandatory -- anthrax shot) a shockingly precipitous mystery disease, eventually diagnosed as a bizarrely speeded-up form of ametropic lateral sclerosis -- she lost in three months the amount of muscle function a middle aged ALS sufferer would lose in four years.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sheila Weller: In This Case, A Soldier Was Treated Beautifully at Walter Reed] Reference

If ametropic, corrective lenses are necessary, and duplicate spectacles must be in charge of a nurse.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery] Reference