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  1. anisometropianoun

    difference in the refractive power of the two eyes

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  1. anisometropianoun

    A condition in which the two eyes of an individual have different refractive power.

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  1. anisometropia

    Anisometropia is an eye condition characterized by a significant difference in the refractive powers of the eyes, leading to one eye focusing differently from the other. This can cause blurred vision in one or both eyes, and the brain may ignore the signals received from the eye with the lesser degree of focus, in order to avoid double vision. It can lead to conditions such as amblyopia, also known as lazy eye.

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  1. Anisometropia

    Anisometropia is the condition in which the two eyes have unequal refractive power; that is, are in different states of myopia, hyperopia or in the extreme, antimetropia, the unequal refractive states cause unequal rotations thus leading to diplopia and asthenopia. Gross anisometropia is the difference of more than 2 diopters between the eyes. Anisometropia can adversely affect the development of binocular vision in infants and children if there is a large difference in clarity between the two eyes. The brain will often suppress the vision of the blurrier eye in a condition called amblyopia, or lazy eye. The name is from four Greek components: an- "not," iso- "same," metr- "measure," ops "eye." One study estimated that 6% of those between the ages of 6 and 18 have anisometropia.

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Anisometropia

    A condition of an inequality of refractive power of the two eyes.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of anisometropia in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of anisometropia in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2


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