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Eyeglasses, goggles or other objects worn over the eyes, usually to aid vision or for protective purposes.
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retinoschisis
Health care; Optometry
Condition in which the retina splits into layers, sometimes causing blurred vision. It is either inherited or acquired; the acquired form is caused by small cysts in the eye. ...
lead poisoning
Health care; Optometry
Condition resulting from excessive levels of lead in the body. Typically, children get lead poisoning from chewing or sucking on lead paint in older homes (lead paint was banned ...
fibromyalgia
Health care; Optometry
Condition that produces long-term pain all over the body and/or at tender points in soft tissues such as muscles, tendons and joints. The cause is unknown, but proposed triggers ...
albinism
Health care; 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). ...
heterochromia
Health care; Optometry
Condition where one eye is a different color from the other, or one eye is more than one color.
anisometropia
Health care; Optometry
Condition where the eyes have a significantly different refractive power from each other, so the prescription required for good vision will be different for each eye.
retinal detachment
Health care; Optometry
Condition where the retina separates from the choroid. Retinal detachments have many causes, including aging, surgery, trauma, inflammation, high myopia and diseases such as ...
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- Optometry (16172)
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