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ShareGlasses, spectacles, or eyeglasses are frames bearing lenses worn in front of the human eyes, sometimes for purely aesthetic reasons but normally for vision correction or eye protection..
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Contact lens — A contact lens (also known simply as a "contact") is a corrective, cosmetic, or therapeutic lens usually placed on the cornea of the eye.
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Myopia — Myopia is a refractive defect of the eye in which images focus in front of the retina. This may be caused by a defect of the lens/cornea or when the ... > read more
Hyperopia — Hyperopia, also known as hypermetropia or colloquially as farsightedness or longsightedness, is a defect of vision caused by an imperfection in the ... > read more
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Eye examination — An eye examination is a battery of tests performed by an ophthalmologist or optometrist assessing vision and ability to focus on and discern objects, ... > read moreNote: This page refers to an article that is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the article Glasses at Wikipedia.org. See the Wikipedia copyright page for more details.
Editor's Note: This article is not intended to provide medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.
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