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refractive error

noun/rɪˈfraktɪv ˈɛrə/

B2CEFR level
68/100Rarity: rare
TechnicalRegister

A condition in which the eye fails to focus light precisely on the retina, causing blurred vision.

Much of his reduced acuity was simply an uncorrected refractive error that improved with a pinhole.

Topic: Ophthalmology in Medical English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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