HOW TO PRONOUNCE
astigmatism
/əˈstɪɡmətɪzm̩/
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uh-STIG-muh-tiz-um: stress STIG.
The final s is voiced as z. The m at the end can carry a light syllable with little or no separate vowel before it.
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“The optometrist explained the word astigmatism.”
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noun
- A defect of a lens such that light rays coming from a point do not meet at a focal point so that the image is blurred.
- A disorder of the vision, usually due to a misshapen cornea, such that light does not focus correctly on the retina causing a blurred image.
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IPA pronunciation
/əˈstɪɡmətɪzm̩/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
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Ocular examination showed hypermetropia 1.5 D. R. and L. with marked astigmatism.