ametropia

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See also: ametropią and ametropía

English

Etymology

From a- +‎ Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure”) +‎ -opia.

Noun

ametropia (countable and uncountable, plural ametropias)

  1. (medicine, ophthalmology) Any of several disorders of the eye (spherical or cylindrical) resulting from faulty refractive ability.

Derived terms

Translations

Italian

Etymology

From a- +‎ -metro +‎ -opia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.me.troˈpi.a/
  • Rhymes: -ia
  • Hyphenation: a‧me‧tro‧pì‧a

Noun

ametropia f (plural ametropie)

  1. (medicine, ophthalmology, pathology) ametropia

Derived terms

Further reading

  • ametropia in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  • ametropia in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • ametropia in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • ametropìa in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • ametropìa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Polish

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Etymology

From a- +‎ Ancient Greek μετρος (metros, “measurable”) +‎ -opia. First attested in 1867.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.mɛtˈrɔ.pja/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔpja
  • Syllabification: a‧met‧ro‧pia

Noun

ametropia f

  1. (medicine, pathology, ophthalmology) ametropia

Declension

Declension of ametropia
singular
nominative ametropia
genitive ametropii
dative ametropii
accusative ametropię
instrumental ametropią
locative ametropii
vocative ametropio

References

  1. ^ Dodatek Kwartalny do Czasopisma Lekarskiego pod Tytułem Klinika. (1867) T.1, z.2‎ (in Polish), page 209

Further reading

  • ametropia in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • ametropia in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Portuguese

Etymology

From amétrope +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: -iɐ
  • Hyphenation: a‧me‧tro‧pi‧a

Noun

ametropia f (plural ametropias)

  1. (ophthalmology) ametropia (any of several disorders of the eye resulting from faulty refractive ability)

Further reading

Wikious
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