orthokeratology

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orthokeratology [¦ȯr·thō‚ker·ə′täl·ə·jē]

(medicine)

A procedure designed to reduce or eliminate refractive anomalies and binocular dysfunctions of the eye by the programmed application of contact lenses.

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No references found			In orthokeratology the patient wears contact lenses that correct the cornea over time. Myopia Effects One Out of Every Three People by Daniel Millions / Food/cooking/nutrition community ”Jeffrey is benefiting from orthokeratology or ortho-k, a process that – like vision correction surgery – reshapes the cornea in order to improve near-sightedness. Better Vision Without Surgery by Ian Jaffy / Coral Living For example, the company has adopted orthokeratology, a revolutionary new procedure that uses specially-designed DreamLite contact lenses to gently correct patients' vision while they sleep. Cooper & Flower eyes a successful future by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)			orthogonal lines Orthogonal Matrix orthogonal parity check Orthogonal Polynomial orthogonal polynomials Orthogonal Projection orthogonal series orthogonal spaces orthogonal sum orthogonal system Orthogonal System of Functions orthogonal trajectory Orthogonal Transformation orthogonal vectors Orthogonality orthogonalization orthogonalized plane-wave method Orthogram orthographic chart Orthographic Projection Orthography orthohelium orthohexagonal axes orthohydrogen orthohydrous coal orthokeratology orthokinesis ortholignitous coal orthologous locus orthomagmatic stage orthometric correction orthometric height orthomimic feldspars orthomorphic orthomorphic chart orthomorphic map projection Orthomyxoviridae Orthonectida Orthonik orthonormal coordinates orthonormal functions orthonormal tetrad orthonormal vectors orthopaedics Orthopedic Device Orthopedics Orthoperidae orthophosphate orthophosphoric acid orthophotograph Orthophotomap			orthographic projection Orthographic projections Orthographic projections Orthographic Transcription Module orthographical orthographical orthographical orthographically orthographically orthographically orthographies orthographies orthographist orthographist Orthographize orthography orthography orthography Orthograpy Orthograpy Orthohalarachne Orthohalarachne attenuata, Orthohalarachne diminuta orthohelium Orthohepadnavirus orthohexagonal axes Orthohydrogen Orthohydrogen orthohydrous coal orthokeratinized orthokeratinized orthokeratology orthokeratosis orthokeratotic hyperkeratosis orthokeratotic hyperkeratosis orthokeratotic hyperkeratosis Orthokinesis Orthokinesis Orthokinesis orthokinetic cuff orthokinetics ortholignitous coal orthologous genes orthologous locus Orthology orthomagmatic stage orthomechanical orthometer orthometopic Orthometric orthometric correction Orthometric height Orthometry orthomimic feldspars Orthomode Junction Orthomode transducer orthomolecular orthomolecular Orthomolecular medicine Orthomolecular medicine Orthomolecular medicine Orthomolecular medicine

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