monovision

English

Etymology

From mono- +‎ vision.

Noun

monovision (uncountable)

1. (ophthalmology) 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

   a monovision effect

   • 2009 January 1, Camille Sweeney, “To Squint or to See the Light”, in New York Times:

     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 .