Anorthopia

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  anorthopia \an`or*tho"pi*a\ ([a^]n`[o^]r*th[=o]"p[i^]*[.a]), n.
     [NL., fr. Gr. 'an priv. + ortho- + Gr. 'w`ps, 'wpo`s, the
     eye.] (Med.)
     Distorted vision, in which straight lines appear bent. AS
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  anorthopia
       n : distorted vision in which straight lines appear curved