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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aniridia

Health care; Optometry

Absent or partially absent iris, typically congenital. Additional symptoms include poor vision and photophobia.

accommodation disorder

Health care; Optometry

Accommodation refers to the eye's ability to automatically change focus from seeing at a distance to seeing at near. Accommodation disorders have a variety of causes. Symptoms include blurred ...

edema

Health care; Optometry

Accumulation of an excessive amount of watery fluid, which causes swelling.

environmental condition

Health care; Optometry

Air pollution, wind and bright light can irritate your eyes and cause symptoms such as burning, dryness and tearing.

Also called "phako," this in-office cataract surgery procedure involves using a device with a vibrating, ultrasonic tip to break up the cataract, then suctioning the pieces out with a tiny needle. ...

wraparound

Health care; Optometry

Also called "wrap" for short. Type of eyeglass or sunglass frame that curves around the head, from the front to the side. Wraparound sunglasses offer extra sun and wind protection at the sides. ...

decentered ablation

Health care; Optometry

Also called decentration. Refractive surgery complication in which the laser is not centered on the pupil when it removes tissue. Symptoms include glare, double vision and halos.