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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Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

Health care; Optometry

A U. S. government body that oversees medical devices and medications, including contact lenses, intraocular lenses, excimer lasers and eye drops. In the United States, these products must be ...

microaneurysm

Health care; Optometry

A weakened area in the walls of tiny blood vessels. In diabetic retinopathy, microaneurysms can occur in the retina from damage related to abnormally high blood sugar levels. As microaneurysms in ...

xanthelasma

Health care; Optometry

A yellow, fatty spot or bump on the inner corner of either the upper eyelid, the lower one or both eyelids, often caused by a lipid disorder such as high cholesterol.

A yellowish, thickened lesion on the conjunctiva near the cornea. Pingueculae represent a benign degenerative change in the conjunctiva caused by the leakage and deposition of certain blood proteins ...

binocular vision

Health care; Optometry

Ability of both eyes to work together to achieve proper focus, depth perception and range of vision.

photochromic

Health care; Optometry

Able to change lens color or darkness/density depending upon the degree of exposure to light.

biocompatible

Health care; Optometry

Able to coexist with living tissues without harming them. For example, artificial lenses are designed to be biocompatible with tissue inside the eye so they won't cause a toxic or immunilogical ...