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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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cornea
Eyewear; Optometry

The outer, transparent, dome-like structure that covers the iris, pupil, and anterior chamber. The cornea provides approximately two-thirds of the optical power of the eye. Light ...

steroid
Eyewear; Optometry

A large class of pharmaceutical agents that chemically resemble cholesterol. Two better known types are anabolic steroids often used in athletics, and glucocorticoid steroids that ...

nanometer
Eyewear; Optometry

Abbreviation is nm. 10 to the -9 power meters. The term nanometer has replaced the term millimicron that was used before 1967.

corneal abrasion
Eyewear; Optometry

A scratch or similar trauma to the outer surface of the cornea. Detailed Lasik Corneal Abrasion Information

stiles-crawford effect
Eyewear; Optometry

The Stiles-Crawford effect (discovered in 1933) describes angular dependence of retinal sensitivity. Rays which enter the pupil near its center, which are parallel to retinal ...

nasal
Eyewear; Optometry

Toward the nose.

corneal collagen crosslinking with riboflavin
Eyewear; Optometry

Used as a therapeutic treatment for keratoconus and corneas that have become unstable or weak due to ectasia, Corneal Collagen Crosslinking with Riboflavin (CrossLinking) is a ...

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