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orthokeratology
1. A method of improving unaided vision by shaping the cornea with contact lenses.
2. The use of special hard contact lenses to treat myopia by altering the curvature of the cornea.
2. The use of special hard contact lenses to treat myopia by altering the curvature of the cornea.
The lens presses on the center of the cornea; therefore, decreasing the protrusion.
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