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aniseikonia
[ an-uh-sahy-koh-nee-uh ]
noun
Ophthalmology.
- a defect of vision in which the images at the retinas are unequal in size.
aniseikonia
/ ˌæԲɪɪˈəʊɪə /
noun
- a condition caused by a defect in the lens of the eye in which the images produced in the two eyes differ in size or shape
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Derived Forms
- ˌԾˈDzԾ, adjective
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Other 51Թ Forms
- ···Dz· [an-, uh, -sahy-, kon, -ik], adjective
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of aniseikonia1
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of aniseikonia1
C20: New Latin, from aniso- + Greek eikon image
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Example Sentences
Examples have not been reviewed.
Though only about 1,000 cases had been observed, he estimated that 20% to 30% of all eye sufferers may be affected by a condition which he named aniseikonia.
I feel that before aniseikonia was discovered we were somewhat in the position of the astronomers studying the solar system before all the important planets had been located.
Aniseikonia is Greek for "unequal images."
The Dartmouth researchers are not yet sure of aniseikonia's cause.
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