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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polycarbonate

Health care; Optometry

Plastic that is very impact-resistant, and is thus sometimes used for spectacle lenses and frames.

ischemia

Health care; Optometry

Poor blood flow. Obstructions such as clots in veins and arteries can block blood flow, depriving tissue of oxygen and nutrients. These blockages also can cause "eye strokes" and sudden vision ...

pars plana

Health care; Optometry

Posterior part of the eye's ciliary body.

Problems with your body's vascular system (i.e., blood vessels, arteries and so on) can include hardening of the arteries, high blood pressure, a clot, an aneurysm, an embolus, etc. These problems ...

orthokeratology

Health care; Optometry

Procedure in which a doctor fits you with special gas permeable contact lenses to reshape your cornea and correct errors like nearsightedness. Often, patients wear the lenses just at night.

astigmatic keratotomy (AK)

Health care; Optometry

Procedure in which a surgeon cuts the cornea so that it is more spherical when it heals, thus reducing astigmatism.

laser photocoagulation

Health care; Optometry

Procedure in which a surgeon uses a laser to coagulate tissue, usually to seal leaking blood vessels and destroy new ones in diseases like macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy.