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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A surgical procedure, often performed during cataract surgery, which corrects usually mild astigmatism by flattening the curvature of the eye's clear surface (cornea). Limbal relaxing incisions are ...

retinal tear

Health care; Optometry

A tear or split in the retina typically caused by a vitreous detachment. Symptoms include floaters and light flashes. For more information, please see our retinal detachment article.

plano

Health care; Optometry

A term eye care professionals use to describe lenses with no corrective power. The term is most often applied to nonprescription sunglasses or contact lenses that are worn for cosmetic purposes ...

cohort

Health care; Optometry

A term used in clinical studies to define a set of people who have something in common such as similar backgrounds, experiences, and/or health problems.

penetrating keratoplasty

Health care; Optometry

A transplant procedure in which a circular area of surface eye tissue is removed from a healthy donor cornea and transferred to a recipient. A penetrating keratoplasty or corneal transplant may be ...

cable temple

Health care; Optometry

A type of "arm" of a pair of glasses that wraps around the ear, to keep the eyewear firmly attached. Often used in eyeglasses for infants and toddlers.