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Health care

Of or pertaining to the prevention and treatment of illness, and the preservation of physical and mental well-being, through the services provided by medical professionals.

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near visual point

Eyewear; Optometry

Assumed position of the visual point on a lens which is used for near vision under given conditions.

multifocal lens

Eyewear; Optometry

Lens designed to provide two or more visibly divided portions of different focal powers.

monocular pupillary distance

Eyewear; Optometry

Distance between the centre of the pupil and the midline of the bridge of the nose or the spectacle frame when the eye is in the primary position.

mineral glass

Eyewear; Optometry

Material formed by the fusion of inorganic substances.

monocular field

Eyewear; Optometry

Visual field of an individual perceived with a single eye.

monocular indirect ophthalmoscope

Eyewear; Optometry

A monocular ophthalmoscope which provides an illumination system and which is used with a condensing lens (hand-held or integral) in order to direct appropriately focused light ...