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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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Optometry

Infrared radiation

Eyewear; Optometry

Optical radiation with a wavelength longer than that of visible radiation.

Illuminated magnifier

Eyewear; Optometry

Magnifier incorporating illumination.

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.

Flat plano prism

Eyewear; Optometry

Refracting element bounded by two non-parallel plane surfaces.

Focal point

Eyewear; Optometry

Image point conjugate to an infinitely distant object point on the optical axis.

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