Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Unequally refractive; affected with anisometropia.

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  • adjective relating to a difference in the refractive power of the two eyes

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Examples

  • Between 30 and 50 percent of amblyopia cases are caused by differences in the degree of nearsightedness or farsightedness between the two eyes, termed anisometropic amblyopia.

    Reuters: Top News 2010

  • Between 30 and 50 percent of amblyopia cases are caused by differences in the degree of nearsightedness or farsightedness between the two eyes, termed anisometropic amblyopia.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2010

  • Between 30 and 50 percent of amblyopia cases are caused by differences in the degree of nearsightedness or farsightedness between the two eyes, termed anisometropic amblyopia.

    Reuters: Top News 2010

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