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AMETROPIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(ophthalmology) faulty refraction of light rays in the eye as in astigmatism or myopia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("ametropia" is a kind of...):
vision defect; visual defect; visual disorder; visual impairment (impairment of the sense of sight)
Domain category:
ophthalmology (the branch of medicine concerned with the eye and its diseases)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ametropia"):
myopia; nearsightedness; shortsightedness ((ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurred)
astigmatism; astigmia ((ophthalmology) impaired eyesight resulting usually from irregular conformation of the cornea; common in nearsighted people)
farsightedness; hypermetropia; hypermetropy; hyperopia; longsightedness (abnormal condition in which vision for distant objects is better than for near objects)
Derivation:
ametropic (of or relating to an abnormal condition of the eye in which visual images are not in focus on the retina)
