Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to or produced by ametropia.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective of or pertaining to ametropia.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to an abnormal condition of the eye in which visual images are not in focus on the retina
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Examples
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The young woman had acquired (right after receiving her fourth -- mandatory -- anthrax shot) a shockingly precipitous mystery disease, eventually diagnosed as a bizarrely speeded-up form of ametropic lateral sclerosis -- she lost in three months the amount of muscle function a middle aged ALS sufferer would lose in four years.
Sheila Weller: In This Case, A Soldier Was Treated Beautifully at Walter Reed 2008
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If ametropic, corrective lenses are necessary, and duplicate spectacles must be in charge of a nurse.
Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery Chevalier Jackson 1911
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