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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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band keratopathy
Health care; Optometry
Opacity of the corneal stroma and Bowman's membrane. Symptoms include vision loss and foreign body sensation.
eye care practitioner
Health care; Optometry
Optometrists (ODs) and ophthalmologists (MDs) both practice eye care, but in different, though often overlapping, areas: In the United States, ODs (Doctors of Optometry) examine ...
lipid
Health care; Optometry
Organic compound that is oily, fatty, or waxy and commonly found in living cells. Lipids are one component of human tears, forming an oily outer layer that helps keep the eye ...
episclera
Health care; Optometry
Outer layer of the eye's sclera that loosely connects it to the conjunctiva.
cerebral cortex
Health care; Optometry
Outer portion of the brain where complex functions including certain vision processes take place.
chromosomes
Health care; Optometry
Paired strands of DNA that contain genes or inherited traits. Each normal cell in the human body typically has 23 pairs of chromosomes, 46 altogether, with one half contributed ...
cranial nerve palsy
Health care; Optometry
Palsy (full or partial paralysis) of the third, fourth or sixth cranial nerves can result in difficulty moving the eye with such symptoms as eyes that don't point in the same ...
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- Contact lenses (3070)
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- Optometry (16172)
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