Category: R

Originally synonymous with internal astigmatism but is now often used to indicate any and all astigmatism present when a patient is wearing a contact lens. Such astigmatism may be due to the position and tilt of the contact lens and the toricity of its surfaces, as well as to internal ocular causes.  

Ametropia due primarily to variations in the refractive elements of the eye.  

An instrument used for determining the radii of curvature of a contact lens.  

Violent behavior that is characteristic of long-term steroid use. Roid rage is uncontrollable, aggressive behavior and can be a side effect of anabolic steroid use.  

Strategies and methods one can use to say no. A strategy to avoid doing something you don’t want to do. The skills needed to say no when others are pressuring a person do to something against his or her will.  

Using rollers to give yourself a set style.  

Styling tools that you wrap your hair around, leaving the rollers in the hair for a short or extended time to create more wave, curl, and movement in your style. Rollers come in three types: sponge, Velcro, and hot. A strip of muslin or other cloth rolled up in cylinder form for surgical use.  

Any haircut that is done with a razor rather than scissors.  

A water-soluble vitamin of the B-group, also termed as vitamin B,, essential for proper cell function and growth, deficiency of which leads to roughness of the eyes, tongue, mouth corners and skin; it is found in DALS, milk green leafy vegetables and liver.  

A high-quality protein, like milk or egg protein used as a reference compound. FAO reference protein is a theoretical protein made up of just the right quantities of individual amino acids believed to be required by the human body.