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Definition of Emmetropic
1. Adjective. Of or relating to the normal condition of the eye in which visual images are in clear focus on the retina.
Definition of Emmetropic
1. a. Pertaining to, or characterized by, emmetropia.
Definition of Emmetropic
1. Adjective. Pertaining to emmetropia. ¹
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Medical Definition of Emmetropic
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Emmetropic
Literary usage of Emmetropic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Refraction and how to refract by James Thorington (1900)
"An emmetropic eye is one whose fovea is situated exactly at the principal focus
of its ... An emmetropic eye is one the vision of which, in a state of rest, ..."
2. On the Anomalies of Accommodation and Refraction of the Eye: With a by Franciscus Cornelis Donders (1864)
"THE emmetropic eye presents, both in its structure and in its functions, ...
As such the knowledge of the emmetropic eye must here occupy a prominent place. ..."
3. Anomalies of refraction and of the muscles of the eye by Flavel Benjamin Tiffany (1894)
"emmetropic EYE. An emmetropic eye is an eye that is capable of focusing parallel
rays, or those from distant objects, upon its retina without any effort of ..."
4. A Text Book of Physiology by Michael Foster (1900)
"In what may be regarded as the normal eye, the so- called emmetropic eye ...
The ' range of distinct vision' therefore for the emmetropic eye is very great. ..."
5. A Textbook of Physiology by Michael Foster (1891)
"710, In what may be regarded as the normal eye, the so- called emmetropic eye,
the near limit of accommodation is about 10 or 12 cm., and the far limit may ..."
6. The Commoner Diseases of the Eye: How to Detect and how to Treat Them by Casey Albert Wood, Thomas Adams Woodruff (1904)
"THE NORMAL OF emmetropic EYE. The normal or emmetropic eye is one in which, ...
The emmetropic eye is 22 mm. (about an inch) in its an- tero-posterior ..."
7. Textbook of human physiology by Leonard Landois, William Stirling (1889)
"In this case, rays coming from such a distance are practically parallel, and when
they enter the eye, are :n the passive normal eye (emmetropic) brought to ..."
8. The Optical Manual: Or Handbook of Instructions for the Guidance of Surgeons by Thomas Longmore (1885)
"Being emmetropic, if no Ac. be exerted, his eye is adapted for focussing parallel
rays and he will be able to see objects on the retina of the emmetropic ..."
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