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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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wear schedule
Health care; Optometry
How long you wear your contact lenses: either daily wear (you remove the lenses each night) or extended wear (you may sleep with them in). It's important to differentiate between wear schedule and ...
replacement schedule
Health care; Optometry
How often you discard and replace your contact lenses: every day, week or two weeks (disposable); or every month, two months or calendar quarter (frequent replacement). It's important to ...
capsulotomy
Health care; Optometry
In cataract surgery, an incision into the capsule that contains the natural crystalline lens of the eye, in order to remove and replace the natural lens with an artificial one.
vector
Health care; Optometry
In gene therapy, an agent such as a modified virus used to carry and transport genetic material that is then transferred into recipient cells in an organism.
drainage angle
Health care; Optometry
In glaucoma terminology, "angle" refers to the drainage channel for the aqueous humor in the eye; improper drainage can lead to the high intraocular pressure associated with glaucoma. In ...
culture
Health care; Optometry
In medical terminology, tests of samples such as blood or body material to determine possible presence of bacteria or other substances.
spatial frequency
Health care; Optometry
In optics and other fields, a measure of how often a repeating structure (such as a vertical line or bar) appears within a given unit of distance.
