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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Pachymetry

Eyewear; Optometry

An procedure used to measure the thickness of the cornea.

Allegretto

Eyewear; Optometry

Medical device manufacturer. Click here to go to website.

Papilledema

Eyewear; Optometry

Non-inflammatory swelling/elevation of the optic nerve often due to increased intracranial pressure or the presence of a tumor.

An infrared range laser that delivers pulses of energy within the cornea, causing a small controlled explosion of gas that separates the layers of the cornea. The femtosecond laser for ophthalmology ...

Allergan

Eyewear; Optometry

Ophthalmic equipment and drug company. Click here to go to website.

Pellucid marginal degeneration

Eyewear; Optometry

Pellucid marginal degeneration (PMD) is a rare, non-ulcerative thinning disorder involving the outer edge of the lower portion of the cornea. PMD causes a portion of the cornea to bulge forward, ...

Fluorescein angiography

Eyewear; Optometry

A test to examine blood vessels in the retina, choroid, and iris. A special dye is injected into a vein in the arm and pictures are taken as the dye passes through blood vessels in the eye.