Ametropia

Definition: Ametropia

Ametropia

Noun

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

Etymology: Ametropia \Am`e*tro"pi*a\, noun. [Greek expression irregular + eye.]. (Websters 1913)

Crosswords: Ametropia

English words defined with "ametropia": ametropic. (references)

Specialty definitions using "ametropia": harlan, Harlan test ♦ refractive ametropia. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Ametropia" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

Italian (ametropia).

Expression using "ametropia": refractive ametropia. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "ametropia"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		refraktionsametropi (refractive ametropia). (various references)

Dutch		ametropie (refractive ametropia), ametropia (refractive ametropia), refractieafwijking (refractive ametropia), brekingsafwijking (refractive ametropia). (various references)

French		amétropie de réfraction (refractive ametropia). (various references)

German		Brechungsametropie (refractive ametropia), Brechkraftametropie (refractive ametropia). (various references)

Greek		αμετρωπία. (various references)

Italian		ametropia. (various references)

Pig Latin		ametropiaay

Portuguese		ametropia refractiva (refractive ametropia). (various references)

Spanish		ametropía. (various references)

Ukranian		аметропія. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "ametropia": ametropias. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "ametropia" (pronounced 'Am`e*tro"pi*a'): Anisometropia, Anorthopia, Asthenopia, Atropia, Cornucopia, Ectopia, Emmetropia, hemeralopia, Kapia, Lycanthropia, Myopia, Nyctalopia, Porpita, Presbyopia, Rupia, Utopia. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-e-i-m-o-p-r-t"
	-2 letters: amirate, apteria, emporia, meropia, primate.
	-3 letters: amrita, aortae, armpit, imaret, impart, import, mopier, opiate, optima, optime, paramo, permit, pirate, protea, protei, ramate, tamari, tamper, trompe.
	-4 letters: aimer, amort, aorta, apart, aport, apter, armet, aroma, atria, atrip, irate, maria, mater, merit, metro, miter, mitre, moira, moire, moper, morae, oater, opera, orate, parae, pareo, pater.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-e-i-m-o-p-r-t"
	+1 letter: ametropias.
	+2 letters: approximate, comparative, emancipator.
	+3 letters: approximated, approximates, comparatives, emancipators, imperatorial, laparotomies, metaphorical.
	+4 letters: anisometropia, approximately, approximative, cinematograph, comparatively, nonparametric, paramountcies, perambulation, permutational, problematical, spermatogonia, xerophthalmia.
	+5 letters: anisometropias, aromatherapies, aromatherapist, cinematographs, cinematography, endoparasitism, ergastoplasmic, malapportioned, metallographic, metaphorically, misappropriate, operationalism, perambulations, reimplantation, spatiotemporal, spermatogonial, xerophthalmias.
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