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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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Low vision
Eyewear; Optometry
Visual loss that cannot be corrected with eyeglasses or contact lenses and interferes with daily living activities.
Clinical trial
Eyewear; Optometry
An investigative process under the jurisdiction of the FDA whereby device or medicine manufacturers sponsor experiments on people for the purpose of proving or disproving that the device or medicine ...
Retinal pigment epithelium
Eyewear; Optometry
The pigment cell layer that nourishes the retinal cells; located just outside the retina and attached to the choroid.
Macro striae
Eyewear; Optometry
Wrinkles in the Lasik flap. Detailed Lasik and All-Laser Lasik Flap Macro Striae (Wrinkles)
Retinitis pigmentosa
Eyewear; Optometry
The name given to a group of disorders of the Retina, all of which result in a progressive reduction in vision. See Retinitis Pigmentosa Details.
Colour vision
Eyewear; Optometry
The ability to perceive differences in color, including hue, saturation and brightness.
