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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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ophthalmoscopy
Eyewear; Optometry
A non-surgical procedure using contact lenses to alter the shape of the cornea to effect a change in the refractive error.
epithelial ingrowth
Eyewear; Optometry
A complication of refractive surgery when epithelial cells under the flap begin to grow and multiply causing visual abnormalities and if sever, loss of visual acuity. The most ...
accommodation
Eyewear; Optometry
Eye's ability to automatically change focus from seeing at one distance to seeing at another.
epithelium
Eyewear; Optometry
The outer surface layer of the cornea, like the epidermis or outer layer of the skin.
accommodative insufficiency
Eyewear; Optometry
Loss of, or less than the age appropriate amount of accommodation.
optic disk
Eyewear; Optometry
The circular area (disc) where the optic nerve connects to the retina. Also know as the optic nerve head.
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- Optometry (16172)
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