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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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light adjustable lens (LAL)
Eyewear; Optometry
An intraocular lens being developed by Calhoun Vision that can adjust its refractive power by the introduction of high frequency light waves into the eye. In theory, if a ...
clear lens exchange (CLE)
Eyewear; Optometry
Clear lens exchange, also known as refractive lens exchange (RLE), is essentially cataract surgery without the cataract. The crystalline lens is removed from the eye and replaced ...
retinal axons
Eyewear; Optometry
The nerve fiber extensions of the retinal photoreceptors that form the nerve bundle called the optic nerve.
clear lens replacement (CLR)
Eyewear; Optometry
Clear lens replacement (CLR), also known as refractive lens exchange (RLE), is essentially cataract surgery without the cataract. The crystalline lens is removed from the eye and ...
retinal detachment
Eyewear; Optometry
A separation of the neural tissue of the retina from the pigmented epithelium layer and therefore the blood supply. Results in loss of vision in the detached area. Repairable with ...
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