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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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prismatic power prism

Eyewear; Optometry

Value of the prismatic effect at the design reference point.

prismatic power lens

Eyewear; Optometry

Lens with a prismatic effect at the design reference point or, for progressive-power lenses, at the prism checking point.

prismatic power

Eyewear; Optometry

The deviation of a ray of light through a specified point on a lens.

prismatic deviation

Eyewear; Optometry

Change in direction imposed on a ray of light as a result of refraction.

photochromic lens

Eyewear; Optometry

Lens which reversibly changes its luminous transmittance characteristics depending upon the intensity and wavelengths of the radiation falling upon it.

photochromic fatigue

Eyewear; Optometry

Irreversible change in luminous transmittance characteristics of a photochromic material with time, usually after prolonged cumulative and/or repeated exposure to radiation.

photochromatic material

Eyewear; Optometry

Material which reversibly changes its luminous transmittance characteristics depending upon the intensity and wavelength of the radiation falling upon it.