EMMETROPIA
\ˌɛmɪtɹˈə͡ʊpi͡ə], \ˌɛmɪtɹˈəʊpiə], \ˌɛ_m_ɪ_t_ɹ_ˈəʊ_p_iə]\
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The condition in which the refraction of the eye is normal, parallel rays, when the eye is at rest, being focussed exactly on the retina.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By William R. Warner
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em-e-tr[=o]'pi-a, n. the normal condition of the refractive media of the eye.--adj. EMMETROPI'C. [Gr., en, in, metron, measure, [=o]ps, the eye.]
By Thomas Davidson
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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