Glossary of Terms and Common Eye Conditions

Glossary of common eye conditions and laser eye surgery procedures.

Explanations of commonly used words to discover a full and simple to understand meaning, in case you are unfamiliar with some of the terms used.

20/20 vision

Astigmatism

Binocular Vision is the ability to maintain focus on an object using both eyes, to create a single visual image.

Blepharitis is an eye disease characterized by inflammation of the eyelid margins (it is usually a chronic condition)

Cataract :is a clouding and subsequent loss of transparency of the crystalline lens inside the eye (it is often corrected by removing the lens and implanting an artificial one)

CK surgery

Color Blindness (or more correctly known as color vision deficiency): is a condition in which certain colors cannot be distinguished, It is often inherited(I suffer with this condition myself, especially playing snooker when I mix the red and brown balls )

Conjunctivitis

Diabetic eye disease (Diabetic Retinopathy)

Dry eye syndrome: is a condition where your eyes make insufficient tear fluid to maintain lubrication, or when your tears evaporate too quickly.

Eyelashes
The eyelid hairs which protect the eyes.

Eye Prescription

Eye Test
An outline of the eye test procedure.How an eye test is more than jsut a vision check.

Eye Twitching,what causes a twitching eyelid.

Glaucoma

Hyperopia

Intacs

Keratoconus

Keratotomy :is a form of refractive surgery where a scalpel is used to make corneal incisions flattening its surface to correct myopia/short sight.

Lasek

Lasik

Lazy eye a disorder of the vision that is characterized by poor vision in an eye that is otherwise physically normal.

Macular degeneration

Myopia

Presbyopia

PRK surgery

Puffy Eyes

Stigmatism, a common eye condition (correct spelling astigmatism!)

Stye

Swollen eyelid

More information on common eye problems.

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