emmetropia

emmetropia
emmetrope, n.emmetropic /em'i trop"ik, -troh"pik/, adj.
/em'i troh"pee euh/, n. Ophthalm.
the normal refractive condition of the eye, in which the rays of light are accurately focused on the retina.
[1860-65; < NL, equiv. to emmetr- (s. of Gk émmetros in measure, equiv. to em- EM-2 + métr(on) measure + -os adj. suffix) + -opia -OPIA]

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