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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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Infrared radiation
Eyewear; Optometry
Optical radiation with a wavelength longer than that of visible radiation.
Focal length
Eyewear; Optometry
Distance in an optical system from the focal point to the corresponding principal point, measured along the optical axis (axis of symmetry).
Fixed-location stimulus perimeter
Eyewear; Optometry
Perimeter which utilises test stimuli that are at permanent locations on the background.
Fixation target
Eyewear; Optometry
Target used to locate the point where the patient should look during testing.
Focal point
Eyewear; Optometry
Image point conjugate to an infinitely distant object point on the optical axis.
