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'''Emmetropia''' is the state in which an eye is neither [[nearsighted]] nor [[farsighted]]. An eye is said to be emmetropic when the image of an object at infinity (parallel light rays) forms on the [[retina]], rather than in front of or behind it, implying it is free of [[astigmatism]]. | '''Emmetropia''' is the state in which an eye is neither [[nearsighted]] nor [[farsighted]]. An eye is said to be emmetropic when the image of an object at infinity (parallel light rays) forms on the [[retina]], rather than in front of or behind it, implying it is free of [[astigmatism]]. | ||
Babies are born [[farsighted]], and become emmetropic over time after birth through [[axial elongation]]. | Babies are born [[farsighted]], and become emmetropic over time after birth through [[axial elongation]] during emmetropization. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||