Meaning of stenopaeic | Babel Free

Definitions

Pertaining to a narrow opening or slit in an opaque barrier that restricts the light which reaches the eye.

not-comparable

Examples

“These patients were selected retrospectively, and only those treated with complete bed-rest and stenopaeic spectacles alone were accepted.”

“Stenopaeic slit refraction is usually attempted when retinoscopy and more conventional subjective refractive techniques, i.e. JCC and FC, fail to provide satisfactory results.”

“By contrast, the more aquatic sea lion eye is emmetropic in water and depends upon a flattened cornea and stenopaeic aperture for the formation of a good image in air (WALLs, 1942; SCHUSTERMAN, 1972).”

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