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EMMETROPIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does emmetropia mean?
• EMMETROPIA (noun)
The noun EMMETROPIA has 1 sense:
1. (ophthalmology) the normal refractive condition of the eye in which there is clear focus of light on the retina
Familiarity information: EMMETROPIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
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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