Optometry

Optometry

A health care profession concerned with eyes and related structures, as well as vision, visual systems, and vision information processing in humans. The practice of eye and vision care.

Industry: Eyewear; Health care

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convergence

Health care; Optometry

Eyes' ability to turn inward. People with convergence insufficiency have trouble (eye strain, blurred vision, etc. ) with near tasks such as reading.

protective eyewear

Health care; Optometry

Eyewear made with impact-resistant lenses, usually polycarbonate, that protects the eyes, especially in working situations or sports.

collagen

Health care; Optometry

Fibrous protein in bones and connective tissue, it is also present in the eye. One type of vision correction surgery heats collagen around the edges of the cornea (which lets light into the eye). ...

photopsia

Health care; Optometry

Flashes of light often noticed in the edges of the visual field. Photopsia can have many causes, including mechanical (rather than visual) stimulation of light-sensitive cells (photoreceptors) in ...

Found in the light spectrum next to violet, which has the shortest wavelength of visible light. Also known as High Energy Visible (HEV) light, blue light has been linked to eye damage and diseases ...

lens dislocation

Health care; Optometry

Full or partial displacement of the eye's lens. Dislocation is often caused by trauma to the eye or head, but may also be inherited or come as the result of certain systemic conditions, such as ...

mucormycosis

Health care; Optometry

Fungal infection typically occurring in the sinuses or lungs and mainly acquired by those with compromised immune systems and by diabetics. Symptoms include sinusitis, eye and facial pain, fever, a ...