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ischemia

Eyewear; Optometry

A decrease in the blood supply caused by constriction or obstruction of the blood vessels. J

prism

Eyewear; Optometry

A prism is a lens that will bends light towards its base. Prisms are used to measure the angle of deviation in strabismus to correcting binocular polyopia when the eyes become misaligned in ...

keloid

Eyewear; Optometry

An abnormal scaring of damaged tissue. See Keloid Details.

binocular vision

Eyewear; Optometry

The blending of the separate images seen by each of two eyes into a single image. Normal binocular vision yields a stereoscopic image and parallax-induced depth perception.

keratectomy

Eyewear; Optometry

Surgical excision (removal) of any portion of the cornea.

pseudophakic

Eyewear; Optometry

When the natural crystalline lens of the eye has been replaced with an artificial lens during cataract surgery or Refractive Lens Exchange.

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