Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

monovision

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mono-vi-sion
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A treatment for presbyopia in which one eye is treated to improve distance vision and the other eye is treated to improve close-up vision

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"a monovision effect"
"Until recently, there wasn't much more one could do than to succumb to a pair of reading glasses, or try to correct the problem with either monovision contact lenses (one eye is corrected for distance, one for up close) or laser surgery ."

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos) Ancient Greek μονο- (mono-)der. English mono- English vision English monovision From mono- + vision.

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does monovision mean?: A treatment for presbyopia in which one eye is treated to improve distance vision and the other eye is treated to improve close-up vision
Where does monovision come from?: Etymology tree Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos) Ancient Greek μονο- (mono-)der. English mono- English vision English monovision From mono- + vision.

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