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2. Eye examination - Wikipedia

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   An eye examination, commonly known as an eye test, [1] is a series of tests performed to assess vision and ability to focus on and discern objects. [2] It also includes other tests and examinations of the eyes. [2] Eye examinations are primarily performed by an optometrist, ophthalmologist, or an orthoptist.

3. List of optometric abbreviations - Wikipedia

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   Binocular single vision: BV: Binocular vision: BVD: Back vertex distance BVP: Back vertex power CD: Centration distance C/D: Cup–disc ratio CF: Count fingers vision – state distance c/o or c.o. Complains of CT: Cover test c/u: Check up CW: Close work Δ: Prism dioptre D: Dioptres DC: Dioptres cylinder DNA: Did not attend DOB: Date of birth ...

4. Optometry - Wikipedia

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   Optometry is a healthcare profession that is autonomous, educated, and regulated (licensed/registered), and optometrists are the primary healthcare practitioners of the eye and visual system who provide comprehensive eye and vision care, which includes refraction and dispensing, detection/diagnosis and management of disease in the eye, and the ...

5. Eyeglass prescription - Wikipedia

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   This may represent a single-vision lens prescription to improve near work, or the reading portion of a bifocal lens. OD is an abbreviation for oculus dexter, Latin for right eye from the patient's point of view. Oculus means eye. OS is an abbreviation for oculus sinister, Latin for left eye from the patient's point of view.

6. Eye care in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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   ‘The Economic Impact of Free Eye Examinations in Scotland’, carried out by 4-consulting and commissioned by the Association of Optometrists, showed the improved Scottish universal eye examination had led to an increase in the number of people having eye examinations, and an estimated 1,900 of people were likely to have had their condition ...

7. Subjective refraction - Wikipedia

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   An occluder is placed over the eye that is not being tested (e.g.: over the left eye, to test the right eye's vision). A pinhole occluder is then placed before the patient's eye, and their vision is then tested again (each eye separately) to determine if the patient's poor visual acuity is a result of optical irregularities, or pathological issues.