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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Vitreous body

Eyewear; Optometry

A clear, jelly-like substance that fills the centre of the eye.

Drusen

Eyewear; Optometry

Tiny yellow or white deposits in the retina or optic nerve head.

Vitreous humour

Eyewear; Optometry

The transparent, colourless mass of gel that lies behind lens and in front of retina. W

The term dry eye is used to describe a variety of ocular disorders with diverse aetiopathogenesis but similar symptoms: discomfort, a feeling of dryness, burning or stinging, grittiness, foreign body ...

Wave length

Eyewear; Optometry

The distance between the top of one wave and the top of the next wave. The length of one complete wave of the argon fluoride excimer laser is 193 nm. This wavelength is in the far ultraviolet end of ...

Dystrophy

Eyewear; Optometry

The term used to describe a wasting or weakening of biological material, such as corneal endothelial dystrophy (also known as Fuch's Dystrophy) being the wasting or weakening of the endothelium. E

Wavefront

Eyewear; Optometry

A technology used in optics that is able to determine and measure high order aberrations. These aberrations directly relate to an individual's quality of vision. Conventional eye examinations can ...