Pronunciation: (u-stig'mu-tiz"um), [key]
1. Also called a•stig•mi•a Pronunciation: (u-stig'mē-u). [key] Ophthalm.a refractive error of the eye in which parallel rays of light from an external source do not converge on a single focal point on the retina.
2. Optics.an aberration of a lens or other optical system in which the image of a point is spread out along the axis of the system.
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