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astigmia

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8 lettersPronunciation /əˈstɪɡmiʌ/Part of speech nounSorted aagiimstStarts with AEnds with A0 clues
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Definitions

  1. (optics) defect in an optical system in which light rays from a single point fail to converge in a single focal point

Word origin

From a- (negative prefix) + Ancient Greek στίγμα (stígma, “mark, point”) + -ia.

Used in a sentence

  • […] and the measurement and correction of astigmia is one of the chief functions of the optometrist.
  • Astigmia of the whole eye […] is the resultant of the special astigmia of all four refracting surfaces, […]
  • Regular astigmia must be considered congenital, as a rule.

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