LASIK Definitions M-Z
When you locate your LASIK Doctor and medical team, they will certainly explain everything to you; however, we also realize you, as our patient, want to and should participate in your vision correction plan. Here are a few words, you may want to know:
Microkeratome
- A blade that creates a flap in the cornea during LASIK Surgery.
Monovision
- When one eye is deliberately corrected for distance vision and the other for close vision.
Myopia
- Myopic people typically have difficulty seeing objects at a distance. Myopia can be so severe that people have difficulty seeing objects up close too.
Nearsightedness
- Nearsightedness is another name for Myopia. Nearsighted people typically have difficulty seeing objects at a distance. Nearsightedness can be so severe that people have difficulty seeing objects up close too.
Ophthalmologist
- An opthalmologist is a medical doctor whose specialization is vision. An opthalmologist can diagnose vision concerns, treat vision concerns, manage vision concerns, perform eye surgery, prescribe medicine, and ophthalmologists can perform laser eye surgery.
Optician
- An optician makes glasses and performs adjustments on frames.
Optometrist
- An optometrist is a doctor whose specialization is vision. An optometrist can diagnose vision concerns, treat vision concerns, manage vision concerns.
PRK or Photorefractive Keratectomy
- PRK is a corneal procedure where the superficial cornea is removed to improve vision. PRK is an Alternative to LASIK Eye Surgery.
Presbyopia
- "Presbys" is Greek for "old man" and "opia" refers to the eye. Presbyopia typically occurs in our late thirties or early forties, and it can make reading things up close difficult. Our lenses lose their ability to accomodate, or change shape. Some patients may be good candidates for Monovision as an Alternative to Bilateral LASIK.
Pupil
- The pupil is the dark opening in the visible eye. It will open when more light is needed to see, and it will get smaller if less light is needed to see.
Refractive Error
- This word refers to vision problems associated with the cornea: Astigmatism, Hyperopia, and Myopia.Feel free to visit an overview of LasikPlus Vision Centers as a company for news and current events, or you may wish to visit LASIK Definitions A-L.
