| AD | Autosomal dominant |
| AR | Autosomal recessive |
| ASD | Anterior segment dysgenesis |
| BMP | Bone morphogenetic protein |
| CHED | Congenital hereditary endothelial dystrophy |
| CRISPR-Cas9 | Clustered regularly interspaced palindromic repeats-CRISPR-associated protein 9 |
| DSAEK | Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty |
| ECM | Extracellular matrix |
| FDA | US Food and Drug Administration |
| IOP | Intraocular pressure |
| JOAG | Juvenile open angle glaucoma |
| MEK/ERK | Mitogen-activated protein kinase-ERK kinase/extracellular signal-related kinase |
| MMCAT | Microcornea, myopic chorioretinal atrophy and telecanthus |
| MMP | Matrix metalloproteinase |
| MO | Morpholino oligonucleotide |
| OMIM | Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man |
| PCG | Primary congenital glaucoma |
| POAG | Primary open angle glaucoma |
| PTC | Premature termination codon |
| rAAV | Recombinant adeno-associated virus |
| rAd | Recombinant adenovirus |
| sgRNA | Single guide RNA |
| siRNA | Small interfering RNA |
| RGC | Retinal ganglion cell |
| RPE | Retinal pigment epithelium |
| STAR | Study of Ataluren in Participants With Nonsense Mutation Aniridia |