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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A yellowish, thickened lesion on the conjunctiva near the cornea. Pingueculae represent a benign degenerative change in the conjunctiva caused by the leakage and deposition of certain blood proteins ...

Biocompatible

Health care; Optometry

Able to coexist with living tissues without harming them. For example, artificial lenses are designed to be biocompatible with tissue inside the eye so they won't cause a toxic or immunilogical ...

Mixed astigmatism

Health care; Optometry

Abnormal curvature of the eye's surface (cornea) that causes focusing problems at both near and distant ranges. For more information, please see our astigmatism article.

Xanthelasma

Health care; Optometry

A yellow, fatty spot or bump on the inner corner of either the upper eyelid, the lower one or both eyelids, often caused by a lipid disorder such as high cholesterol.

Binocular vision

Health care; Optometry

Ability of both eyes to work together to achieve proper focus, depth perception and range of vision.

Photochromic

Health care; Optometry

Able to change lens colour or darkness/density depending upon the degree of exposure to light.

Intraocular lens (IOL)

Health care; Optometry

Artificial lens that a cataract surgeon places in a patient's eye after removing the eye's natural lens. Like a contact lens, it has a built-in refractive power tailored specifically to the ...