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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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lacrimal gland
Eyewear; Optometry
The small almond-shaped structure that produces tears; located just above the outer corner of the eye.
radial keratotomy (RK)
Eyewear; Optometry
A surgical procedure that permanently alters the shape of the cornea by placing microscopically thin relaxing incisions in the peripheral cornea. The incisions cause the central ...
lagophthalmos
Eyewear; Optometry
The inability or difficulty closing one's eye. This can be caused by Bell's Palsy, trauma, neurosurgery, bacterial infection, stroke, and cosmetic surgery. Common symptoms are ...
wave length
Eyewear; Optometry
The distance between the top of one wave and the top of the next wave. The length of one complete wave of the argon fluoride excimer laser is 193 nm. This wavelength is in the far ...
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