emmetropia

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noun

The condition of perfect vision, where images are correctly brought to a focus on the retina.

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Meanings

nounemmetropia (usually uncountable, plural emmetropias)

plural emmetropias

  1. uncountableusuallyThe condition of perfect vision, where images are correctly brought to a focus on the retina.

Origin

From Ancient Greek ἔμμετρος (émmetros, “in measure, proportioned”) + English -opia (“vision”).

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Translations

Catalan emmetropia
  • emmetropiaperfect vision
German Emmetropie
  • Emmetropieperfect vision
Italian emmetropia
  • emmetropiaperfect vision
Portuguese emetropia
  • emetropiaperfect vision
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APA

emmetropia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emmetropia

MLA

“emmetropia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emmetropia. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “emmetropia,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emmetropia.

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