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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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retina
Health care; Optometry
The sensory membrane that lines the back of the eye. Cells in the retina called photoreceptors transform light energy into electrical signals that are transmitted to the brain by ...
vitrector
Health care; Optometry
Tiny, motorized cutting instrument used to remove the eye's gel-like vitreous during a vitrectomy.
monovision
Health care; Optometry
Vision correction method for those with presbyopia in which one eye is corrected for near vision and the other for far, either through contact lenses or refractive surgery. ...
conjunctiva
Health care; Optometry
The clear, thin mucous membrane that lines the "white" of the eye (sclera) and the inner surface of the eyelid.
optic nerve
Health care; Optometry
The nerve that carries electrical impulses from photoreceptor cells (rods and cones) in the retina of the eye to the visual cortex in the brain.
Sub-categories
- Contact lenses (3070)
- Eye surgery (2811)
- Glasses (802)
- Optometry (16172)
- Sunglasses (524)