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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.
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Acrodermatitis enteropathica
Health care; Optometry
Rare inherited condition characterised by dermatitis, hair loss, diarrhoea and zinc deficiency. The most common eye symptom is light sensitivity, but conjunctivitis and other symptoms may also be ...
Corneal erosion
Health care; Optometry
Recurrent breakdown of the corneal epithelium, typically caused by a previous corneal abrasion or by map-dot-fingerprint dystrophy. Symptoms include blurred vision, foreign body sensation and eye ...
Osteopetrosis
Health care; Optometry
Rare, hereditary disease in which the bones are too dense. Common symptoms include bone pain and fractures. Retinal degeneration may occur; it results in vision loss.
Monochromatic
Health care; Optometry
Refers to one wavelength of light, as opposed to the many wavelengths of light found in varying colors.
Optic nerve
Health care; Optometry
The nerve that carries electrical impulses from photoreceptor cells (rods and cones) in the retina of the eye to the visual cortex in the brain.
Sclera
Health care; Optometry
The outer coat of the eyeball that forms the visible white of the eye and surrounds the optic nerve at the back of the eyeball.
