Ametropia (Noun)

Meaning

(ophthalmology) faulty refraction of light rays in the eye as in astigmatism or myopia.

Classification

Nouns denoting natural processes.

Hypernyms

• Visual Defect
• Vision Defect
• Visual Disorder

Hyponyms

• Astigmia
• Hypermetropy
• Longsightedness
• Shortsightedness
• Farsightedness
• Hypermetropia
• Nearsightedness

Related Words

• Ametropic (adjective)