EMMETROPIA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

(ophthalmology) the normal refractive condition of the eye in which there is clear focus of light on the retina

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("emmetropia" is a kind of...):

physical condition; physiological condition; physiological state (the condition or state of the body or bodily functions)

Domain category:

ophthalmology (the branch of medicine concerned with the eye and its diseases)

Derivation:

emmetropic (of or relating to the normal condition of the eye in which visual images are in clear focus on the retina)

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