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What does emmetropic mean?

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Adjective
  1. Pertaining to emmetropia.
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The 3D Clip-Ons fit nicely over most Rx glasses, and allow visually impaired moviegoers to enjoy their experience as much as their emmetropic friends.
In a normal or emmetropic eye the curvature of the cornea is such that entering rays are focused on the retina, forming a clear image.
Without accommodation, a presbyopic, emmetropic eye which is perfectly corrected for near vision, will see the letters blacker on a green background, or with the same contrast on either background.
With increasing age, more children are found in the emmetropic category and fewer in the low hypermetropic category.
This ability of accommodation decreases progressively with age and causes presbyopia in emmetropic patients at the age of about 45 year-old.
An emmetropic person means the image received by his eye projects exactly on his retina.

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