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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lacrimal plug

Health care; Optometry

Also called punctal plug. Device to block the lacrimal punctum (an opening at the end of a tear duct), to keep the eye moist.

eading glasses

Health care; Optometry

Also called readers. Glasses to help with close work, particularly for people who are presbyopic.

temporomandibular joint disorder

Also called TMJ or TMD disorder. Problems with the jaw, jaw joint and surrounding muscles that control jaw movements such as chewing, which result in pain, swelling and difficulty with jaw movement. ...

Patau syndrome

Health care; Optometry

Also called Trisomy-13. Condition caused by an extra, third copy of chromosome 13. Symptoms include severe mental retardation, a small head, microphthalmia, a cleft lip or palate, heart defects and ...

suspensory ligament

Health care; Optometry

Also called zonule of Zinn. Membrane of fibers (zonules) that holds the eye's lens in place.

Lou Gehrig's disease (ALS)

Health care; Optometry

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a disease that causes degeneration of neurons in the brain stem and spinal cord. Voluntary muscles atrophy and eventually become paralyzed.

entropion

Health care; Optometry

An abnormal turning in of an eyelid, which causes the lashes to rub on the ocular surface; usually due to aging. Additional symptoms include eye or lid pain or discomfort, foreign body sensation, a ...