anisometropic
- adjective
- /ˌænɪsoʊmɪˈtrɒpɪk/
- Specialized
- Children who are anisometropic may require glasses to prevent amblyopia from developing.
Examples
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Children with anisometropic conditions often struggle with depth perception.
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The patient was diagnosed as anisometropic after the eye examination revealed significant differences between her eyes.
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His vision problems were traced to an anisometropic condition that was previously undetected.
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The patient was diagnosed with anisometropic amblyopia.
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Children who are anisometropic may require glasses to prevent amblyopia from developing.
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His vision problems were traced to an anisometropic condition that was previously undetected.
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The patient was diagnosed as anisometropic after the eye examination revealed significant differences between her eyes.
How Unequal
- Specialized
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
anisometropic = anisometropia (semi-transparent) = aniso + metrop + ic
Formed by adding the adjective-forming suffix '-ic' to the medical noun 'anisometropia', yielding 'relating to anisometropia'.
Etymology
Anisometropic comes from Greek parts aniso- 'unequal' and -metropic meaning 'how the eye focuses light', as in optometrist. So anisometropic describes eyes that focus differently from each other, meaning one eye has a different strength than the other.
