Eyewear

Eyewear

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

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wavefront

Eyewear; Optometry

Describes technology used to "map" how the eye processes images, enabling correction through surgery or lenses for obscure vision errors.

vitreous hemorrhage

Eyewear; Optometry

Bleeding that goes into the vitreous from nearby parts of the eye, such as from leaking retinal blood vessels.

vitreous detachment

Eyewear; Optometry

Separation of the vitreous from the retina, caused by age-related vitreous shrinkage. Floaters are the typical symptom, but some people experience flashes of light as the vitreous ...

vitrector

Eyewear; Optometry

Tiny, motorized cutting instrument used to remove the eye's gel-like vitreous during a vitrectomy.

lutein

Eyewear; Optometry

An antioxidant that is found throughout the body, but is concentrated in the macula. Lutein is believed to help protect the eyes from free radical damage caused by the sun's ...

lupus erythematosys

Eyewear; Optometry

Inflammatory skin disorder. The exact cause is unknown, but some people appear to have a genetic predisposition to developing lupus, and it is much more common in women than men. ...