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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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clip-on
Health care; Optometry
Type of glasses that attaches to your regular glasses, such as clip-on sunglasses.
epiretinal membrane
Health care; Optometry
Thin layer of scar tissue on the retina; also called a macular pucker. Epiretinal membranes have a variety of causes, including vitreous detachment, but the cause is often ...
spring hinge
Health care; Optometry
Type of hinge on eyeglass frames that is more flexible than a regular hinge, making the frames more durable.
diopter
Health care; Optometry
Unit of measure for the refractive (light-bending) power of a lens; eye care practitioners use it in eyeglass and contact lens prescriptions. A negative number refers to ...
silicone
Health care; Optometry
Type of flexible and comfortable plastic. Because it is commonly used in nose pads in eyeglasses, people who are allergic to silicone should ask their eye doctor for a different ...
photocoagulation
Health care; Optometry
Use of heat from a high-energy laser to seal off bleeding in damaged tissue. Photocoagulation also may prevent formation of abnormal blood vessels (neovascularization) in eye ...
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- Contact lenses (3070)
- Eye surgery (2811)
- Glasses (802)
- Optometry (16172)
- Sunglasses (524)