Eyewear

Eyewear

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

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implantable collamer lens (ICL)

Eyewear; Optometry

Descriptive trade name for the STAAR Myopic Visian Implantable Collamer Lens (ICL) indicated for the correction of high refractive error and is intended for placement behind the ...

posterior capsular opacification (PCO)

Eyewear; Optometry

Opacification of the posterior lens capsule. Sometimes called a "secondary cataract". Often a consequence of modern cataract surgery. It occurs when a thin membrane of tissue ...

ingrowth, epithelial

Eyewear; Optometry

See Epithelial Ingrowth.

posterior chamber

Eyewear; Optometry

The space between the back of the iris and the front face of the vitreous; filled with aqueous fluid.

intacs

Eyewear; Optometry

Trade name for Intrastromal Corneal Ring Segments. Small semicircular rings of plastic that are implanted in the mid-periphery of the cornea to correct myopia (nearsighted, ...

astigmatism

Eyewear; Optometry

A condition in which the surface of the cornea is not spherical, but is irregularly shaped like the back of a spoon. An astigmatic cornea causes light images to focus on two ...