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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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anterior chamber
Health care; Optometry
Part of the eye behind the cornea and in front of the iris and lens.
ciliary body
Health care; Optometry
Part of the eye between the iris and the choroid; the three form the uvea. The ciliary body's main functions are accommodation, aqueous humor production and holding the lens in place.
vitreous body
Health care; Optometry
Part of the eye between the lens and the retina, containing a clear jelly called the vitreous humor.
color blindness
Health care; Optometry
Partial or total inability to distinguish specific colors. Color blindness is inherited, and is much more common in men than in women.
melanin
Health care; Optometry
Pigment that colors the iris of the eye as well as other parts of the body, including skin and hair.
