n :  the normal refractive condition of the eye in which with accommodation relaxed parallel rays of light are all brought accurately to a focus upon the retina - compare ASTIGMATISM MYOPIA  em*me*trop*ic adj 
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  em·me·trope 
 
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