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Definition of Anisometropia
1. Noun. Difference in the refractive power of the two eyes.
Definition of Anisometropia
1. n. Unequal refractive power in the two eyes.
Definition of Anisometropia
1. Noun. (medicine) A condition in which the two eyes of an individual have different refractive power. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Anisometropia
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Medical Definition of Anisometropia
1. A difference in the refractive power of the two eyes. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Anisometropia
Literary usage of Anisometropia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Text-book of Ophthalmology by Ernst Fuchs (1911)
"anisometropia.10— By anisometropia is meant a difference in the ... anisometropia
not infrequently is congenital, and then, at least in the higher degrees ..."
2. Diseases of the eye: A Handbook of Ophthalmic Practice for Students and by George Edmund De Schweinitz (1916)
"anisometropia.1—This term includes cases in which one eye is much more hyperopic
or myopic than its fellow, or where one eye is astigmatic and the other not ..."
3. The Refractive and Motor Mechanism of the Eye by William Norwood Souter (1910)
"CHAPTER XIV anisometropia We have learned that a variation of ID in the refraction
of the eye corresponds to the minute variation of about one-sixth of a ..."
4. The refraction of the eye by Gustavus Hartridge (1898)
"anisometropia may be met with under three chief forms : 1. Cases where binocular
vision is present. 2. When the eyes are used alternately. 3. ..."
5. Manual of the diseases of the eye: For Students and General Practitioners by Charles Henry May (1905)
"anisometropia. This term is applied to cases of marked inequality in the state
of refraction of the two eyes ; slight differences are present in most cases ..."
6. Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat: A Manual for Students and Practitioners by William Lincoln Ballenger, Howard Charles Ballenger, Adolphus George Wippern (1917)
"anisometropia.—anisometropia may be corrected with the proper glasses, but when
the difference of refraction is great, they will not be satisfactory. ..."
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