isometropia

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Both eyes need the same strength of glasses or contact lenses

noun
/ˌaɪsəˈmɛtrəpiə/

Specialized

: isometropía

The patient's isometropia meant no prescription difference was required between the two lenses.

Examples

Routine vision tests confirmed isometropia, so no corrective action was needed.
Uncorrected isometropia usually does not result in any binocular vision problems.
The patient was diagnosed with isometropia last week.
Is isometropia common among children?
Routine vision tests confirmed isometropia, indicating that both eyes had equal refractive power.
The patient's isometropia showed that no prescription difference was necessary for his lenses.
Uncorrected isometropia typically does not cause issues with binocular vision.

Antonyms

anisometropia

Specialized

9.9

One eye needs stronger glasses than the other so the eyes focus differently

How Equal

isometropia

Specialized

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anisometropia

Specialized

9.9

Surface Forms

isometropia singular

isometropias plural

Morphology

isometropia = metropia (opaque) = iso + metropia

Although 'iso-' means 'equal', the root 'metropia' is a specialised medical combining form unfamiliar to average learners, so the overall meaning is not derivable by a typical B1 learner.

Etymology

The word isometropia begins with iso-, meaning 'equal', which you can see in words like isometric. The second part, -metropia, links to 'measure' and 'vision' and is like meter ('measure') and -opia ('vision'). So the whole word means both eyes have the 'same' way of focusing light.