ametropia

See also: ametropią and ametropía

English

Etymology

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

• isoametropia

 

Related terms

• ametropic

Translations

any of several disorders of the eye resulting from faulty refractive ability

• Catalan: ametropia f
• French: amétropie (fr) f
• Italian: ametropia f
• Polish: ametropia f
• Portuguese: ametropia f
• Spanish: ametropía f

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

• ametrope

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.mɛtˈrɔ.pja/

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• 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

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology

From amétrope +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.me.tɾoˈpi.ɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.me.tɾoˈpi.ɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.me.tɾoˈpi.a/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.mɛ.tɾuˈpi.ɐ/

• 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

• “ametropia” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “ametropia” in Dicionário inFormal.
• “ametropia” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “ametropia” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “ametropia” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “ametropia” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.