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Damage or trauma inflicted to the eye by external means. The concept includes both surface injuries and intraocular injuries.
Deeply perforating or puncturing type intraocular injuries.
Emergency care or treatment given to a person who suddenly becomes ill or injured before full medical services become available.
Term generally used to describe complaints related to refractive error, ocular muscle imbalance, including pain or aching around the eyes, burning and itchiness of the eyelids, ocular fatigue, and headaches.
Personal devices for protection of the eyes from impact, flying objects, glare, liquids, or injurious radiation.
The organ of sight constituting a pair of globular organs made up of a three-layered roughly spherical structure specialized for receiving and responding to light.