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Eyewear
Eyeglasses, goggles or other objects worn over the eyes, usually to aid vision or for protective purposes.
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all-laser lasik
Eyewear; Optometry
Lasik with the corneal flap being created by a femtosecond laser rather than with a mechanical microkeratome. See All-Laser Lasik details
penetrating keratoplasty (PK)
Eyewear; Optometry
A surgical procedure when a button-like full thickness segment of the cornea is removed and replaced with a donor cornea from another person; a corneal transplant.
fluorescein staining
Eyewear; Optometry
A tiny amount of a fluorescein dye is placed in the tear film. The color will make microscopic dots appear where the eye has become dry. Excessive staining is an indication of dry ...
perioperative
Eyewear; Optometry
Pertaining to the period extending from the time of hospitalization or admittance for surgery to the time of discharge.
flying spot
Eyewear; Optometry
This is a method of applying excimer laser energy. Rather than applying all excimer energy in a broadbeam across the entire ablation area, or the energy in variable spots sizes ...
peripheral vision
Eyewear; Optometry
The ability to see objects and movement outside of the direct line of vision.
focusing power of the eye
Eyewear; Optometry
As light enters our eye, it must be brought to a focus on the retina in order to perceive a clear image. About two thirds of the focusing power of the eye comes from the cornea, ...
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