This new edition has been expanded with more terms and more abbreviations. Here are more than 5,000 of the most frequently used terms and phrases associated with the eye and vision, and 1,000 abbreviations and acronyms. Definitions are in "plain English" so everyone can understand them. SPECIAL FEATURES include mini-definitions within definitions (you don't need to chase down a cross-reference), phonetic pronounciations, and actual misspellings in the alphabetical listings, so you don't need to spell a word correctly to find it. Pocket size, for easy use.

"Designed as combined vocabulary builder and reference dictionary of ophthalmic terms, the text is color-coded and divided into five parts: basic science; refraction, spectacles and contact lenses; disorders of the eye; surgery of the eye; and ophthalmic tests and devises. Features new to this edition include updated chapters; the addition of terms to reflect advances in surgical technique or technology -- for example, the excimer laser; and 30 new illustrations. The book is aimed at ophthalmologists' surgery personnel -- secretaries and ophthalmic assistants -- optometry students, and optometry office personnel."--Publisher description.

The Ophthalmic Dictionary and Vocabulary Builder for Eye Care Professionals depicts anatomy, physiology, optics, genetics, embryology, and basic computer terms, where ophthalmic medical terminology is rapidly proliferating, with etiological terminology frequently replacing long-standing descriptive terminology and even historical eponymy designations. Publisher has prepared a practical book whose function, at the bottom line, is to assist in communication and to help develop vocabulary. Major topics discussed include anatomy, optics, pharmacology, genetics, embryology, disorders of the cornea and conjunctiva, glaucoma, strabismus, disorders of the retina and vitreous, ocular tumors, systemic diseases and the eye, neuro-ophthalmology, cataract surgery, intraocular lenses, glaucoma surgery, corneal surgery, eyelid, lacrimal and orbital surgery, laser surgery, and retinal and vitreous surgery. A new chapter on refractive surgery has been added to this rapidly expanding subspecialty.

A Dictionary of Ophthalmology includes 600 fully cross-referenced entries, describing terms related to ocular anatomy and physiology, the diseases of the eye and of the visual pathway, and medical and surgical treatment of the same. Entries include: blepharitis, cataract, macula lutea, optic neuritis, retinal detachment, and uveitis. There is also a full list of the entries by their respective subject to aid navigation and discoverability, dividing them between 20 specialist categories, from Lids to the Retina, including categories on Clinical skills and Trauma. This dictionary is an excellent reference source for individuals from many different disciplines, including ophthalmologists (surgeons and physicians), optometrists, ophthalmic nurses, orthoptists, ophthalmic technicians, visual scientists, and undergraduate medical and optometry students.