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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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refraction
Eyewear; Optometry
(1) A test to determine the best eyeglasses or contact lenses to correct a refractive error including myopia (nearsighted, shortsighted vision), hyperopia (farsighted, longsighted ...
laser thermal keratoplasty (LTK)
Eyewear; Optometry
A non-excimer laser refractive surgery. The office-based instrument applies two rings of laser energy to the midperiphery of the cornea. Each ring gently heats collagen in the ...
refractive lens exchange (RLE)
Eyewear; Optometry
Refractive Lens Exchange (RLE), also known as Clear Lens Exchange (CLE), is essentially cataract surgery without the cataract. The crystalline lens is removed from the eye and ...
lattice degeneration
Eyewear; Optometry
Lattice degeneration is a hereditary vitreoretinal degeneration of the retina, causing holes most often in the periphery and possibly leading to retinal detachment. Lattice is a ...
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- Eye surgery (2811)
- Glasses (802)
- Optometry (16172)
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