Eyewear

Eyewear

Eyeglasses, goggles or other objects worn over the eyes, usually to aid vision or for protective purposes.

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diabetic retinopathy

Eyewear; Optometry

Diabetic retinopathy damages the tiny blood vessels that supply the retina. In the early stages of this disease-called non-proliferative or "background" retinopathy, the retinal ...

vector vision

Eyewear; Optometry

Ophthalmic equipment company.

diffuse lamellar keratitis (DLK)

Eyewear; Optometry

Also called sands of sahara due to the appearance of dunes of sand in the cornea with advanced stages. DLK is an inflammation under the Lasik flap of the cornea which is believed ...

vision therapy

Eyewear; Optometry

A treatment process for the improvement of visual perception and/or coordination of the two eyes for efficient and comfortable binocular vision (orthopedics, vision training, and ...

dilation

Eyewear; Optometry

A process by which the pupil is enlarged. Allows more light to the interior of the eye.

diopter

Eyewear; Optometry

A unit of measure of the refractive power if a lens. A one-diopter lens will focus parallel light rays one meter from the lens and a two-diopter lens will focus one-half of a ...