Talk:isoametropia

just a note

i am going to try to fix this today, but it might be relevant for others who come by later as its still a bit confusing. This dictionary says that isoametropia is a condition in which ametropia is the same or similar in both eyes, which is the most logical definition. but a few lines later it says that isometropia means the same thing, even though metropia and ametropia are clearly not the synonyms. I can see how it might still be true, but its possible that the book made a mistake and we compounded it. —Soap— 17:09, 8 September 2023 (UTC)

it may be that our definition of isometropia is what's wrong, and that they really are synonyms, but isoametropia is the more common of the two. If this is the case, the logic behind isometropia would be that both eyes have similar vision, without comment on whether it is normal vision or not, but that there is already a word for normal vision (orthopia), so isometropia is only used in contexts in which it's already known that a person has weak vision. And because of the potential for confusion, isoametropia seems to be the more common of the two words. —Soap— 17:53, 8 September 2023 (UTC)

I consider this page correct now, even though the definition depends on ametropia. I might touch up the wording if I think of something better later. I think isometropia is correct as well, too, but that it's a rare word for the reasons I gave above, and wouldnt oppose someone deciding to make it just a synonym of this word. —Soap— 08:40, 9 September 2023 (UTC)