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nearsightedness::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | myopia, shortsightedness |
| Type of | ametropia |
| Derivation | nearsighted |
Examples of nearsightedness
nearsightedness
Suddenly, nearsightedness and a slight astigmatism never seemed more attractive.
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My nearsightedness does have its drawbacks, but most of them can be worked around.
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Blame it, Eliza Griswold suggests, on overweening hubris and nearsightedness.
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In nearsightedness, light is focused in front of the retina instead of on it.
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Soft lenses that correct both nearsightedness and astigmatism are available.
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A 40something may experience nearsightedness, or kidney and lung function depletion.
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His glasses correct nearsightedness and farsightedness but not astigmatism.
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In the United States nearsightedness has increased by more than 65 percent since 1970.
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The visual field was decreased and myopia or nearsightedness occurred.
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- Myopia: (ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurred
- (nearsighted) unable to see distant objects clearly
- Myopia, also known as near-sightedness and short-sightedness, is a condition of the eye where the light that comes in does not directly focus on the retina but in front of it, causing the image that one sees when looking at a distant object to be out of focus. It does not affect focus when looking at a close object.
- (nearsighted) Spelling variant of near sighted
- (Nearsighted (myopia)) condition when light focuses in front of the retina causing a blurred image. Most people will have blurry vision at distance and clear vision at near.
- (Nearsighted) A dream of being nearsighted denotes that your energies are focused on the short term accomplishment and not on preparing for the future. In other words you may be missing the big picture all together. ...
- (Nearsighted) To dream that you are nearsighted, signifies embarrassing failure and unexpected visits from unwelcome persons. For a young woman, this dream foretells unexpected rivalry. To dream that your sweetheart is nearsighted, denotes that she will disappoint you.
- (Nearsighted) When a person can see things near but can't see things far away.
- A vision condition in which you can see close objects clearly, but objects farther away are blurred.
