Definition of Anisometropic

1. Adjective. Relating to a difference in the refractive power of the two eyes.

Partainyms: Anisometropia
Derivative terms: Anisometropia

Definition of Anisometropic

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Anisometropic

1. 1. Relating to anisometropia. 2. Having eyes of unequal refractive power. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Anisometropic

anisognathous
anisokaryosis
anisol
anisole
anisoles
anisols
anisomastia
anisomelia
anisomeric
anisomerous
anisometric
anisometropia
anisometropias
anisometropic (current term)
anisometropic amblyopia
anisomorphism
anisomycin
anisonogamists
anisopetalous
anisophyllous
anisophylly
anisopiesis
anisoplanatism
anisopleura
anisopoda
anisorrhythmia
anisosphygmia

Literary usage of Anisometropic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Refractive and Motor Mechanism of the Eye by William Norwood Souter (1910)
"anisometropic Asthenopia.—Since any kind of refractive error is capable of giving ... anisometropic asthenopia is due to nerve exhaustion in the effort to ..."

2. Optics: A Manual for Students by Archibald Stanley Percival (1899)
"355 1. 10 and p. 360, 1. 11. For punctum proximum read punctum remotum. 385 1.8 from bottom. For anisometropic read ... and anisometropic. 398 Chap. XIII. ..."

3. Annals of Ophthalmology (1916)
"Augenheilk., February, 1914) rendered himself anisometropic by means of Pick contact lenses, and after a series of tests concludes as follows: 1. ..."

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