What is a stigmatism?
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.
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Astigmatism is a refractive error of the eye in which parallel rays of light from an external source do not converge on a MORE?
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Stigmatism in optics means the property of a lens that is stigmatic. In pathology, a condition in which stigmata are present.
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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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Astigmatism is characterized by an irregular curvature of the cornea. This type of disorder is also known as a refractive error.
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