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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Ptygeria

Eyewear; Optometry

A growth of scar tissue on the cornea. These lesions like pinguecula are caused by an ultraviolet burn to the surface layer or epithelium.

Keratoconjuntivitis

Eyewear; Optometry

An inflammation (infectious or auto-immune) of the cornea and conjunctiva.

Blind spot

Eyewear; Optometry

(1) A small area of the retina where the optic nerve enters the eye; occurs normally in all eyes. (2) Any gap in the visual field corresponding to an area of the retina where no visual cells are ...

Punctal occlusion

Eyewear; Optometry

Closing off the punctum, either with plugs, cauterization, or other natural or artificial methods

Keratoconus

Eyewear; Optometry

A disorder that involves a thinning of the central cornea. The normally round shape of the cornea becomes distorted. A cone-like bulge develops, resulting in significant visual impairment. ...