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-opia

a combining form occurring in compound words denoting a condition of sight or of the visual organs: diplopia; hemeralopia; myopia.
Also, -opsia.


Origin:
< Gk -ōpia, akin to ōp view, look, ps eye, face
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-opia  
suff.  A visual condition or defect of a specified kind: anisometropia.

[Greek -ōpiā, from ōps, ōp-, eye; see Pelops.]
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-opia suff.
A visual condition or defect of a specified kind: anisometropia.

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