Also known as eye care, vision care
Optometry (from Ancient Greek ὄψις (ópsis), meaning "eye", and μέτρον (métron), meaning "measure") is the healthcare practice concerned with examining the eyes for visual defects, prescribing corrective lenses, and detecting eye abnormalities.
Key facts
- Medical specialty.title
- Optometry
- Medical specialty.image
- 255px
- Medical specialty.caption
- Eye examination with the aid of a slit lamp
- Medical specialty.system
- Eye
- Medical specialty.diseases
- Blurred vision, cataract, macular degeneration, glaucoma, refractive error, retinal disorders, diabetic retinopathy
- Medical specialty.tests
- Visual field test, ophthalmoscopy
- Medical specialty.profession
- Optometrist
- Occupation.name
- Optometry
- Occupation.official_names
- Doctor of Optometry, Optometrist
- Occupation.type
- Health Profession
- Occupation.activity_sector
- Healthcare
- Occupation.competencies
- refractive error, ocular disease, medical therapeutics, binocular vision, sports vision, vision therapy, contact lenses
- Occupation.formation
- Doctor of Optometry / Master of Optometry / Bachelor of Optometry
- Occupation.employment_field
- Hospital, clinic, laboratory
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Research
39,957 papers- Who cites optometry journals?Journal of optometry · 2023
- Optometry online.Optometry (St. Louis, Mo.) · 2009
- Optometry in Nepal: a historical perspective.Clinical & experimental optometry · 2022
- PRESBYOPIA OPTOMETRY METHOD BASED ON DIOPTER REGULATION AND CHARGE COUPLE DEVICE IMAGING TECHNOLOGY.Journal of biological regulators and homeostatic agents · 2015
- Women in optometry and vision science.Clinical & experimental optometry · 2020
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- Commons category
- Optometry
- topic's main category
- Category:Optometry
- practiced by
- optometrist
- different from
- optics
- exact match
- schema.org/Optometric
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Article · 中文
視光學（英文：Optometry），是光学和眼科的结合，運用光學仪器來檢查眼睛的视觉功能，並采取相应的非手术的手段来治疗病人的近视、远视、散光、老视和双眼视觉功能性异常等疾病。方法主要包括眼鏡、隐性眼镜、视觉训练、药物。
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