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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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strabismus

Eyewear; Optometry

More commonly known as crossed-eyes, is a vision condition in which a person cannot align both eyes simultaneously under normal conditions. One or both of the eyes may turn in, ...

striae

Eyewear; Optometry

Wrinkles in the corneal flap created for Lasik. There are two kinds, macro striae and micro striae. See Striae Flap Wrinkle Details

near point of convergence

Eyewear; Optometry

The maximum extent the two eyes can be turned inward.

corneal endothelial cell dystrophy

Eyewear; Optometry

Also known as Fuch's Dystrophy, a progressive hereditary disease when moisture in the cornea is unable to evaporate properly, sometimes causing distortion of the cornea, irregular ...

stroma

Eyewear; Optometry

Thickest and central layer of cells in the cornea.

nearsightedness

Eyewear; Optometry

Common term for myopia.

corneal haze

Eyewear; Optometry

When the cornea becomes cloudy with opaque white cells, creating vision that is similar to looking through fog.

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