anisometropia

anisometropia
anisometropia [an ī΄sō mə trō′pē ə]
n.
ANISO- + METR(O)- + -OPIA
a condition of the eyes in which they have unequal refractive power
anisometropic [an ī΄sōträp′ik]
adj.

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an·i·so·me·tro·pi·a (ăn-ī'sə-mĭ-trōʹpē-ə) n.
A condition in which the refractive power of one eye differs from that of the other.
  [aniso- + Greek metron, measure; see meter1 + -opia.]   an·i'so·me·tropʹic (-trŏpʹĭk, -trōʹpĭk) adj. an·i'so·me·tropʹi·cal·ly adv.

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