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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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uncorrected visual acuity (UCVA)

Eyewear; Optometry

The best vision measurement taken without the use of glasses or contact lenses.

depth perception

Eyewear; Optometry

The ability of the vision system to perceive the relative positions of objects in the visual field. This ability to determine the distance of an object is provided by the two eyes ...

undercorrection

Eyewear; Optometry

A complication of refractive surgery where the expected amount of correction is less than desired. Undercorrection often occurs where healing regresses more vigorously than ...

descemet's layer

Eyewear; Optometry

Layer of cells in the cornea above the corneal endothelium.

uvea, uveal tract

Eyewear; Optometry

The middle coat of the eyeball, consisting of the choroid in the back of the eye and the ciliary body and iris in the front of the eye. V

diabetes mellitus

Eyewear; Optometry

A chronic metabolic disorder characterized by a lack of insulin secretion and/or increased cellular resistance to insulin, resulting in elevated blood levels of simple sugars ...

variable spot

Eyewear; Optometry

This is a method of applying excimer laser energy. Rather than applying all excimer energy in a broadbeam across the entire ablation area, or with a very small flying spot of ...

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