monovision

monovision
A treatment for presbyopia in which one eye is treated to improve distance vision and the other eye is treated to improve close-up vision

a monovision effect


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  • Monovision — Presbytie La presbytie est un trouble de la vision qui rend difficile la focalisation de la vision pour lire ou effectuer un travail de près. Ce n est pas une maladie mais un processus de vieillissement normal de l œil et plus particulièrement du …   Wikipédia en Français

  • monovision — /mon euh vizh euhn/, n. the condition of seeing with one eye. [MONO + VISION] * * * …   Universalium

  • monovision — mono·vi·sion (monґo vizh″ən) vision resulting from the correction of one eye for near and the other eye for far vision, especially with contact lenses, as a substitute for bifocal glasses …   Medical dictionary

  • monovision — /mon euh vizh euhn/, n. the condition of seeing with one eye. [MONO + VISION] …   Useful english dictionary

  • monovision lenses — Ophthalm. contact lenses that adjust one eye for farsightedness and the other for nearsightedness, used as an alternative to bifocal lenses. * * * …   Universalium

  • monovision lenses — Ophthalm. contact lenses that adjust one eye for farsightedness and the other for nearsightedness, used as an alternative to bifocal lenses …   Useful english dictionary

  • Presbyopia — is a condition where the eye exhibits a progressively diminished ability to focus on near objects with age. Presbyopia’s exact mechanisms are not known with certainty; the research evidence most strongly supports a loss of elasticity of the… …   Wikipedia

  • LASIK — or Lasik ( laser assisted in situ keratomileusis ) is a type of refractive laser eye surgery performed by ophthalmologists for correcting myopia, hyperopia, and astigmatism. [ [http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSS/9339/32123.html LASIK. ]… …   Wikipedia

  • IntraLASIK — is a form of refractive eye surgery similar to LASIK that creates a corneal flap with a femtosecond laser microkeratome rather than with a mechanical microkeratome, which uses a steel blade. The only difference between LASIK and IntraLASIK (also… …   Wikipedia

  • Anisometropie — Klassifikation nach ICD 10 H52.3 Anisometropie und Aniseikonie …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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