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Eye surgery

intralase

Eyewear; Optometry

Manufacturer of a femtosecond laser for use in creating a Lasik flap and other precise corneal incisions. Lasik with the Intralase laser created flap is called All-Laser Lasik or All-Laser Lasik. See ...

atopy

Eyewear; Optometry

A type of inherited allergic response involving elevated immunoglobulin E. Sometimes called a reagin response, it means that you have hay fever, bronchial asthma, or skin problems like urticaria or ...

intraocular

Eyewear; Optometry

Meaning inside the eye.

automated lamellar keratoplasty (ALK)

Eyewear; Optometry

An incisional refractive surgery technique for low to moderate myopia (nearsighted, shortsighted vision). In the procedure, the refractive surgeon places an instrument called an automated ...

posterior vitreous detachment

Eyewear; Optometry

The separation of the vitreous body from the retinal surface due to shrinkage from degenerative or inflammatory conditions or trauma. Often an age-related condition.

against-the-rule astigmatism

Eyewear; Optometry

With the rule astigmatism has an axis of about 180 degrees (when Rx is written in minus cylinder form). "Against the rule" astigmatism has the axis at about 90 degrees. Both forms are common. ...

orbit

Eyewear; Optometry

Also know as the "globe", the structural area of the facial skeleton into which the eye is set.

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