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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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basement membrane
Eyewear; Optometry
A membrane of tissue beneath the epithelium that helps adhere the epithelium to the Bowman's layer or stromal tissue.
presbyopia
Eyewear; Optometry
Part of the normal process of aging. As a person becomes older, we begin to lose the flexibility of the natural crystalline lens of the eye and weakness of the ciliary muscle. ...
intrastromal corneal ring segments (ICRS)
Eyewear; Optometry
Also know Intacs, small semicircular rings of plastic that are implanted in the mid-periphery of the cornea to correct myopia (nearsighted, shortsighted vision) and/or ...
best corrected visual acuity (BCVA)
Eyewear; Optometry
This is a measure of best acuity while wearing corrective lenses like glasses or contact lenses.
presbyopic lens exchange (PRELEX)
Eyewear; Optometry
The term Presbyopic Lens Exchange (PRELEX) was created to describe a Refractive Lens Exchange with an intraocular lens designed to accommodate presbyopia.
prescription terms
Eyewear; Optometry
Medical prescription terms were originally all written in Latin. Many of the Latin terms continue to be used today. Eyeglass prescriptions are somewhat different, and you can ...
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