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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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Posterior segment
Eyewear; Optometry
The part of the eye posterior (behind) to the crystalline lens, including the vitreous, choroid, retina and optic nerve.
Automated lamellar keratoplasty (ALK)
Eyewear; Optometry
An incisional refractive surgery technique for low to moderate myopia (nearsighted, shortsighted vision). In the procedure, the refractive surgeon places an instrument called an automated ...
Posterior vitreous detachment
Eyewear; Optometry
The separation of the vitreous body from the retinal surface due to shrinkage from degenerative or inflammatory conditions or trauma. Often an age-related condition.
Intraocular lens (IOL)
Eyewear; Optometry
A plastic lens that is surgically implanted to replace the focusing power of the natural lens of the eye following cataract extraction. There are numerous styles of IOLs, including foldable IOLs and ...
Automated perimeter
Eyewear; Optometry
A computer-driven device used to plot defects in the visual field. Usually the patient's head is placed into this large hemisphere shell. Various points of lights, sometimes of different sizes, ...
Posterior vitreous detachment (PVD)
Eyewear; Optometry
The separation of the vitreous body form it’s attachment from the retinal surface due to shrinkage from age, degenerative or inflammatory conditions or trauma.
Intraocular pressure (IOP)
Eyewear; Optometry
The internal fluid pressure within the eye created by the continual production and drainage of aqueous fluid in the anterior chamber.
