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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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nearsightedness
Health care; Optometry
Also called myopia. Condition in which visual images come to a focus in front of the retina, resulting in defective vision of distant objects.
myopia
Health care; Optometry
Also called nearsightedness. Condition in which the length of the eye is too long, causing light rays to focus in front of the retina rather than on it, resulting in blurred ...
optic nerve head
Health care; Optometry
Also called optic disk. Circular area where the optic nerve enters the retina, and the location of the eye's blind spot.
low vision
Health care; Optometry
Also called partial sight. Sight that cannot be satisfactorily corrected with glasses, contacts, or surgery. Low vision usually results from an eye disease such as glaucoma or ...
frequent replacement contact lenses
Health care; Optometry
Also called planned replacement. Technically, this is any contact lens that is thrown away after a moderately short period of time. Among most eye care practitioners, ...
progressive lenses
Health care; Optometry
Also called progressive addition lenses or PALs. Multifocal lenses whose corrective powers change progressively throughout the lens. A wearer looks through one portion of the ...
drooping eyelids
Health care; Optometry
Also called ptosis. Condition in which the upper eyelid(s) only sag. It can be present at birth or caused by a later problem with the muscles lifting the eyelid, called ...
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