Eyewear

Eyewear

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

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shirmer test

Eyewear; Optometry

Tiny strips of filter paper are placed in the patient's eyes just under the lids. After five minutes the distance the tears have stained the paper is measured. The greater the ...

millimicron

Eyewear; Optometry

A nanometer, or 10 to the -9 power meter. The term millimicron was used before 1967.

contact lens, extended wear

Eyewear; Optometry

Contact lenses designed to be worn around-the-clock for intervals of one to seven days.

side vision

Eyewear; Optometry

See peripheral vision.

miosis

Eyewear; Optometry

Pupillary constriction.

contact lens, therapeutic

Eyewear; Optometry

Contact lenses designed to aid in protecting and helping a sick eye to heal. These unique lenses are frequently combined with precise medication delivery schedules to heal the ...