anisomyopia

English

Etymology

From an- +‎ isomyopia or aniso- +‎ myopia.

Noun

anisomyopia (uncountable)

  1. (pathology) The presence of different degrees of myopia in the two eyes
    • 2016 February 17, “Interocular Difference of Peripheral Refraction in Anisomyopic Eyes of Schoolchildren”, in PLOS ONE‎, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0149110:
      The relative peripheral refraction of the more myopic eye of anisomyopia was shifted hyperopically, as occurs in isomyopia with similar central subjective SE values.
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