ametropia

1. 1.

   (ophthalmology) faulty refraction of light rays in the eye as in astigmatism or myopia

   Broadervisual impairment

   Narrowermyopiaastigmatismhyperopia

   ophthalmology

Other forms of ametropia

plural

ametropias·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about ametropia

What does ametropia mean?

ametropia means "(ophthalmology) faulty refraction of light rays in the eye as in astigmatism or myopia".

How many syllables are in ametropia?

ametropia has 5 syllables: a-me-tro-pi-a. The stress falls on "tro".

Is ametropia a common word?

ametropia is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.