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Definition of Emmetropia
1. Noun. (ophthalmology) the normal refractive condition of the eye in which there is clear focus of light on the retina.
Generic synonyms: Physical Condition, Physiological Condition, Physiological State
Derivative terms: Emmetropic
Definition of Emmetropia
1. n. 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, and astigmatism.
Definition of Emmetropia
1. Noun. The condition of perfect vision, where images are correctly brought to a focus on the retina. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Emmetropia
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Emmetropia
Literary usage of Emmetropia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"Distinction between emmetropia and a Hyperopia If, ... the eye be found to be
non-myopic, the distinction between emmetropia and hyperopia is easily made. ..."
2. A Text-book of Ophthalmology by William Fisher Norris, Charles Augustus Oliver (1893)
"emmetropia. emmetropia is that state in which the rods and cones of the ...
While this is the mathematical definition of emmetropia, there are very few ..."
3. Modern ophthalmology: A Practical Treatise on the Anatomy, Physiology, and by James Moores Ball (1908)
"The visual line in emmetropia passes to the nasal side of the axis of the cornea.
The macula lutea in the hypermétropie eye is situated farther to the ..."
4. An Essay on the Nature and the Consequences of Anomalies of Refraction by Franciscus Cornelis Donders (1899)
"emmetropia AND AMETROPIA. I. Eyes are distinguished into emmetropic and ...
In emmetropia, E 1, the posterior focal point, <?", of the dioptric system, ..."
5. Skiascopy and its practical application to the study of refraction by Edward Jackson (1895)
"emmetropia.—In emmetropia, on the first trial, the light in the pupil is found
to move against the light on the face, and rapidly. ..."
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