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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.
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conjunctivitis
Health care; Optometry
Inflammation of the conjunctiva, characterized by a pink eye. The cause is either infectious or allergic, though the term "pink eye" is commonly used for any type of conjunctivitis. Other symptoms ...
corneal dystrophy
Health care; Optometry
One of a group of conditions, usually hereditary, in which the cornea loses its transparency. The corneal surface is no longer smooth. Common forms include map-dot-fingerprint dystrophy, Fuch's ...
white dot syndrome
Health care; Optometry
One of a group of inflammatory conditions that are characterized by white dots in the retina and choroid. You may also hear these syndromes called by their specific names, such as acute posterior ...
meridian
Health care; Optometry
One of a number of radially arranged imaginary lines, each of which passes through the center of the pupil when viewing the eye head-on. Generally separated in one-degree increments, meridians are ...
nose pad
Health care; Optometry
One of a pair of pads, usually clear, that rest on either side of your nose and help to support your glasses.
cranial nerve
Health care; Optometry
One of the 12 pairs of nerves that go from the brain to other parts of the head. Those that affect the eyes and vision are the second cranial nerve (optic nerve), third (oculomotor), fourth ...
