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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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Macular degeneration
Eyewear; Optometry
Degeneration in the macular region of the retina that results in decreased central vision and sometimes in blindness.
Comanagement
Eyewear; Optometry
When two or more medical providers provide care to a patient. In refractive surgery it is common for an optometrist to provide preoperative testing and postoperative care with an ophthalmologist ...
Rigid gas permeable contact lens (RGP)
Eyewear; Optometry
A hard contact lens that allows significant amount of air to pass through. This type of lens often provides superior refractive correction to a soft contact lens.
Macular edoema
Eyewear; Optometry
A collection of fluid in and under the macular portion of the retina.
Complete ophthalmic analysis system (COAS)
Eyewear; Optometry
An integration of WaveFront Sciences’ wavefront technology with Asclepion excimer laser system. The manufacturers say COAS will enable improved visual acuity in persons with vision defects
Rods, rod cells
Eyewear; Optometry
One type of specialised light sensitive cells (photoreceptors) in the retina that provide side vision and the ability to see objects in dim light (night vision). Also, see cones.
Manifest refraction
Eyewear; Optometry
An examination of the eye to determine refractive error while the natural crystalline lens is able to accommodate.
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