Eyewear

Eyewear

Eyeglasses, goggles or other objects worn over the eyes, usually to aid vision or for protective purposes.

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surface ablation

Eyewear; Optometry

Any surgical procedure that ablates tissue at the surface of the cornea, rather than under a Lasik or All-Laser Lasik stromal flap. PRK, LASEK, and Epi-Lasik are all surface ...

nuclear sclerosis

Eyewear; Optometry

Commonly known as cataracts. Nuclear sclerosis is an opacity or clouding of the natural crystalline lens that may prevent a clear image from forming on the retina. Cataracts occur ...

corneal topography

Eyewear; Optometry

A process of mapping the surface details of the cornea with a unique camera/computer combination.

surgical reversal of presbyopia (SRP)

Eyewear; Optometry

A general term used for many different techniques that attempt to cure presbyopia. To date, none of these techniques have been proven to be safe, effective, and predictable. There ...

nyctalopia

Eyewear; Optometry

Night blindness. Often caused by a deficiency of the retina due to a lack of vitamin A.

council for refractive surgery quality assurance (CRSQA)

Eyewear; Optometry

A nonprofit consumer/patient organization that certifies refractive surgeons based upon refractive surgery outcomes and educates the public about refractive surgery issues.