Orthokeratology

Orthokeratology

A non-surgical procedure using contact lenses to alter the shape of the cornea to effect a change in the refractive error.

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Industry/Domain: Eyewear
Category: Optometry; Contact lenses; Eye surgery
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orthokeratology

Health care; Optometry

Procedure in which a doctor fits you with special gas permeable contact lenses to reshape your cornea and correct errors like nearsightedness. Often, patients wear the lenses ...

orthokeratology

Eyewear; Optometry; Contact lenses; Eye surgery

A non-surgical procedure using contact lenses to alter the shape of the cornea to effect a change in the refractive error.

orthokeratologic procedure

Medical; Health care; Medicine

An alternative to refractive surgical procedures. A therapeutic procedure for correcting refractive errors. It involves wearing contact lenses designed to force corrective changes ...

ophthalmoscopy

Eyewear; Optometry

A non-surgical procedure using contact lenses to alter the shape of the cornea to effect a change in the refractive error.

ophthalmoscope

Eyewear; Optometry

An optical instrument used to examine the external and internal parts of the eye, particularly the media and the fundus.

pantoscopic angle

Eyewear; Optometry

1. Angle in the vertical plane between the optical axis of a spectacle lens and the visual axis of the eye in the primary position, usually taken to be the horizontal. 2. Angle ...

optical material

Eyewear; Optometry

Transparent material capable of being manufactured into optical components.

optical radiation hazard

Eyewear; Optometry

Possibility of damage to the retina by optical radiation.

optical centre

Eyewear; Optometry

For practical purposes, the intersection of the optical axis with the front surface a lens.

ophthalmoscope

Optometry; Optometry

An optical instrument used to examine the external and internal parts of the eye, particularly the media and the fundus.

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