over-accommodated

adjective

Involving a focal point that falls behind the retina.

Meanings

over-accommodated1

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of over-accommodate

over-accommodated2

adjectiveover-accommodated (comparative more over-accommodated, superlative most over-accommodated)

comparative more over-accommodated · superlative most over-accommodated

  1. medicineInvolving a focal point that falls behind the retina.

    The eye is under-accommodated for near objects but over-accommodated for distant ones.

    1975, Frederick M. Toates, Control theory in biology and experimental psychology, page 129
    1 more example

    If the eye is over-accommodated the derivative of the changes in lens power and the derivative of the changes in contrast will have the opposite signs as these two signals will be out of phase; and vice versa for an under-accommodated eye.

    2008, Christopher Dainty, Adaptive Optics for Industry and Medicine, →ISBN
  2. Having an excessive level of accommodation.

Origin

over-accommodated · adjective

From over- + accommodated.

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