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What is a stigmatism

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Astigmatism is a defect of the lens causing rays from a point to fail to meet in a focal point resulting in a blurred image.

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Astigmatism is usually caused by an irregular-shaped cornea and is easily corrected by eyeglasses, contact lenses or surgery.

May 05 2009, 09:01pm | Source: What is a "stigmatism?" | vision.about.com

Astigmatism is a refractive error of the eye in which parallel rays of light from an external source do not converge on a MORE?

Stigmatism in optics means the property of a lens that is stigmatic. In pathology, a condition in which stigmata are present.

The state of a refracting or reflecting system in which light rays from a single point are accurately focused at another point.

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