Eyewear

Eyewear

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

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aberrometer

Eyewear; Optometry

A device that can identify common and more obscure vision errors by measuring the way light waves travel through the eye's optical system.

ablation

Eyewear; Optometry

Removal. In vision, ablation refers to the surgical removal of eye tissue to correct a refractive error such as myopia. For example, in laser procedures such as LASIK and PRK, the ...

accommodation disorder

Eyewear; Optometry

Accommodation refers to the eye's ability to automatically change focus from seeing at a distance to seeing at near. Accommodation disorders have a variety of causes. Symptoms ...

acetate

Eyewear; Optometry

Type of plastic often used in eyeglass frames.

acrodermatitis enteropathica

Eyewear; Optometry

Rare inherited condition characterized by dermatitis, hair loss, diarrhea and zinc deficiency. The most common eye symptom is light sensitivity, but conjunctivitis and other ...

albinism

Eyewear; Optometry

Condition where a person or animal lacks pigment. Albinos' eyes often have very light blue or pink irises and a pink pupil (due to lack of pigment inside the back of the eye). ...