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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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age related macular degeneration (ARMD)
Eyewear; Optometry
Destruction and loss of the photoreceptors in the macula region of the retina resulting in decreased central vision and, in advanced cases, blindness.
orthokeratology
Eyewear; Optometry
A non-surgical procedure using contact lenses to alter the shape of the cornea to effect a change in the refractive error.
external ocular muscles
Eyewear; Optometry
The six muscles that turn the eyes to position them for viewing.
overcorrection
Eyewear; Optometry
A known complication of refractive surgery where the expected amount of correction is more than desired. Overcorrection often occurs where healing regresses less vigorously than ...
extracapsular cataract extraction (ECCE)
Eyewear; Optometry
A surgical procedure that removes the cataractous lens of the eye but leaves the posterior lens capsule intact.
Sub-categories
- Contact lenses (3070)
- Eye surgery (2811)
- Glasses (802)
- Optometry (16172)
- Sunglasses (524)