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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Mucin

Health care; Optometry

Lubricant such as saliva that protects body surfaces. In the eyes, mucin is a tear layer that helps moisten and protect the eye's surface.

Prescription lenses

Health care; Optometry

Lenses that provide vision correction as prescribed by an eye care practitioner.

Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis

Health care; Optometry

Rare, hereditary, degenerative disease in which the body does not store pigments called lipofuscins properly; the disease is characterised by vision loss, seizures and dementia. Types include ...

Prosthetic

Health care; Optometry

Refers to a prosthesis, which is an artificial replacement for a part of the body. Read more about prosthetic contact lenses.

Hard contact lenses

Health care; Optometry

Rarely worn now, these are the small, hard lenses made of PMMA material that many people wore in the '70s and '80s. Compared with modern soft and rigid lenses, they are less healthy to wear ...

Ocular herpes

Health care; Optometry

Recurrent viral infection that can cause inflammation and scarring of the cornea. It is not sexually transmitted. There are various types of ocular herpes, ranging from herpes keratitis to more ...

Allergy

Health care; Optometry

Reaction of the body's immune system to a foreign substance (e.g., pollen, animal dander, etc. ). When the eyes are affected, the most common symptoms are redness, itching, chemosis, tearing, ...