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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photoablation

Health care; Optometry

Procedure in which a surgeon uses ultraviolet radiation to remove tissue.

Laser Epithelial Keratomileusis (LASEK)

Procedure that is similar to LASIK, except that the surgeon cuts a flap in the epithelium only, instead of through the epithelium and part of the stroma. LASEK is used mostly for people with thin or ...

solution

Health care; Optometry

Product used to clean, disinfect and store contact lenses.

hemorrhage

Health care; Optometry

Profuse bleeding.

opsoclonus

Health care; Optometry

Rapid and involuntary eye movement that is irregular and chaotic; sometimes called "dancing eyes. " Typically seen in Opsoclonus-Myoclonus Syndrome.

nystagmus

Health care; Optometry

Rapid and involuntary eye movement that is oscillating and non-chaotic. Blurred vision may result. Nystagmus typically affects infants and has a variety of causes.

acrodermatitis enteropathica

Health care; Optometry

Rare inherited condition characterized by dermatitis, hair loss, diarrhea and zinc deficiency. The most common eye symptom is light sensitivity, but conjunctivitis and other symptoms may also be ...