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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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convergence/divergence

Eyewear; Optometry

The turning of the eyes simultaneously inwards/outwards so that they are both "aimed" towards the object being viewed

starbursts

Eyewear; Optometry

A known complication of refractive surgery that causes images from light sources to blur with spikes radiating out from the center. Starbursts also occur naturally without ...

mydriasis

Eyewear; Optometry

Pupillary dilation.

convex lens

Eyewear; Optometry

A lens with a bulging surface like the outer surface of a ball. Convex lenses are plus power lenses and are used to correct hyperopia or farsightedness. Also used for reading ...

stereopsis

Eyewear; Optometry

The ability to perceive three-dimensional depth due to the distance between a person's two eyes.

myopia

Eyewear; Optometry

Nearsightedness, short-sightedness (UK): A refractive condition in which light entering the eye is focused short of the retina, resulting in blurred image.

cornea

Eyewear; Optometry

The outer, transparent, dome-like structure that covers the iris, pupil, and anterior chamber. The cornea provides approximately two-thirds of the optical power of the eye. Light ...

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