Words Like ASTIGMATISM

We have put together a list of words that are similar to ASTIGMATISM.

4 Alternative Words Similar to astigmatism

1 Astigmia Noun      Synonym Words Like Astigmia
2 Condition Noun      Synonym Words Like Condition
3 Status Noun      Synonym Words Like Status
4 Stigmatism Noun      Antonym Words Like Stigmatism

6 definitions of astigmatism

1 A defect of a lens such that light rays coming from a point do not meet at a focal point so that the image is blurred.
2 A disorder of the vision, usually due to a misshapen cornea, such that light does not focus correctly on the retina causing a blurred image.
3 In ophthalmology, a defect in the refractive apparatus of the eye, the curvature of the refracting surfaces being greater along certain meridians than along others, so that rays of light proceeding from an external point do not converge to a point upon the retina, but to a line.
4 A similar defect in a lens.
5 (optics) defect in an optical system in which light rays from a single point fail to converge in a single focal point
6 (ophthalmology) impaired eyesight resulting usually from irregular conformation of the cornea; common in nearsighted people
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