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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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Epithelial ingrowth
Eyewear; Optometry
A complication of refractive surgery when epithelial cells under the flap begin to grow and multiply causing visual abnormalities and if sever, loss of visual acuity. The most common treatment is ...
Accommodation
Eyewear; Optometry
The ability of the eye to change focus from distant to near. This ability is gradually lost after age.
Epithelium
Eyewear; Optometry
The outer surface layer of the cornea, like the epidermis or outer layer of the skin.
Accommodative insufficiency
Eyewear; Optometry
Loss of, or less than the age appropriate amount of accommodation.
Optic disc
Eyewear; Optometry
The circular area (disc) where the optic nerve connects to the retina. Also know as the optic nerve head.
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