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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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keratoconus
Eyewear; Optometry
A disorder that involves a thinning of the central cornea. The normally round shape of the cornea becomes distorted. A cone-like bulge develops, resulting in significant visual ...
punctal plugs
Eyewear; Optometry
Small silicone or plastic plugs that are inserted into any or all of the punctum.
bowman's layer
Eyewear; Optometry
A layer of cells in the cornea. between the epithelium and stroma. The Bowman's layer appears to be without specific purpose.
keratomileusis
Eyewear; Optometry
A refractive surgical technique where a partial thickness circular flap of cornea is removed, frozen, reshaped on a lathe and replaced upon the cornea. The lathe can shape either ...
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