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Emmetropia

Emmetropia Meaning & Definition
Emmetropia Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Emmetropia?

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

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See Also | physiological condition | physiological state

Emmetropia In Webster's Dictionary

\Em`me*tro"pi*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? in measure, proportioned, suitable (? in + ? measure) + ?, ?, eye.] (Med.) That refractive condition of the eye in which the rays of light are all brought accurately and without undue effort to a focus upon the retina; -- opposed to hypermetropia, myopia, an astigmatism.

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