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Anisometropia

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Anisometropia is the condition in which the two eyeshave unequal refractive power; that is, are in different states of myopia(nearsightedness) or hyperopia(farsightedness).

Anisometropia can adversely affect the development of binocular visionin infants and children if there is a large difference in clarity between the two eyes. The brain will often suppress the vision of the blurrier eye in a condition called amblyopia, or lazy eye.

For those with large degress of anisometropia, spectacle correction may cause the person to experience a difference in image magnification between the two eyes which could also prevent the development of good binocular vision.

The name is from four Greekcomponents: an- "not," iso- "same," metr- "measure," ops "eye."

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