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Eye Wear |
Contact Lenses; Glasses |
A pair of contact lenses when not inserted in the eye. They are positioned with the concave side facing upward. A contact lens (also known simply as a "contact") is a corrective, cosmetic, or therapeutic lens usually placed on the cornea of the eye. Contact lenses usually serve the same corrective purpose as conventional glasses, but are lightweight and virtually invisible — many commercial lenses are tinted a faint blue to make them more visible when immersed in cleaning and storage ...
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Eye Wear Organizations
- Medline Plus http://medlineplus.gov/
- National Institutes of Health http://www.nih.gov/
- Nemours Foundation http://www.Nemours.org
- Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com
- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
- Food and Drug Administration
- American Academy of Ophthalmology http://www.aao.org/
- Center for Devices and Radiological Health http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/
- National Eye Institute http://www.nei.nih.gov/
- Prevent Blindness America http://www.preventblindness.org
- American Optometric Association http://www.aoanet.org/
- Association of Regulatory Boards of Optometry
- Cleveland Clinic http://www.clevelandclinic.org
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