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glass eye
(redirected from Ocular prosthetic)

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glass eye
n.
1. An artificial eye fashioned of glass.
2. An eye whose iris is whitish, pale, or colorless.

glass eye
n
(Medicine) an artificial eye made of glass
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Noun1.glass eye - prosthesis consisting of an artificial eye made of glassglass eye - prosthesis consisting of an artificial eye made of glass
prosthesis, prosthetic device - corrective consisting of a replacement for a part of the body


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In fact, water sports, such as diving and water skiing, are the most common ways ocular prosthetics are lost.
Creating new eyes so lifelike that nobody knows the difference falls to a small group of "ocularists" that includes Kevin Schou (pronounced "scow") and his wife, Maureen Maloney-Schou, owners of Maloney's Ocular Prosthetics, founded by Maloney-Schou's father, Bernard Maloney, in 1947.
Before someone is fitted for a prosthetic eye, an ophthalmologist specializing in ocular prosthetics places an implant into the patient's eye socket.
 
 
 
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