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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This is a method of applying excimer laser energy. Rather than applying all excimer energy in a broadbeam across the entire ablation area, or the energy in variable spots sizes across the ablation ...

Amblyopia

Eyewear; Optometry

Often called "lazy eye". It is a condition in which the best corrected vision in one eye is poorer than 20/20 (6/6) in the absence of any obvious structural anomalies or ocular disease.

Peripheral vision

Eyewear; Optometry

The ability to see objects and movement outside of the direct line of vision.

Focusing power of the eye

Eyewear; Optometry

As light enters our eye, it must be brought to a focus on the retina in order to perceive a clear image. About two thirds of the focusing power of the eye comes from the cornea, the rest comes from ...

Ametropia

Eyewear; Optometry

Any imperfection in refractive state of the eye. Examples would be hyperopia (farsighted, longsighted vision), myopia (nearsighted, shortsighted vision), or astigmatism (irregular cornea).

Phacoemulsification

Eyewear; Optometry

A cataract surgical procedure which uses an ultrasonic vibration to shatter and break up a cataractous lens, making it easier to remove. The vibration is delivered by an irrigation-aspiration ...