Not everyone is well versed in the terminology used by an ocularist, so we have compiled a list of the most important specialist terms and sorted them in alphabetical order for your convenience.
Specialist terms
Anophthalmia
primary: the total absence of one or both eyeballs from birth or following the removal of the bulbus oculi
secondary: Degeneration of the eyeball
Atrophy
A wasting or decrease in size of organs or parts thereof
Bulbus (Bulbus oculi)
Eyeball
Conformer
Dummy -> provisional ocular prosthesis
Cryolyte glass
Special glass for the manufacture of ocular prostheses
Enucleation (enucleatio bulbi)
Removal of the eye due to medical indication
Epithesis
Facial prosthesis -> Reproduction of the eye area with incorporated ocular prosthesis
Interim prosthesis
Dummy -> provisional ocular prosthesis
Microphtalmia
Congenital smallness of one or both eyeballs
Orbit
Eye socket
Phthisis bulbi
Atrophy of the eyeball with disorganization and shrinkage
Postoperativ
after the operation
Preoperative
before the operation
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E-Mail: info [at] augenkuenstler.de
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