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nearsightedness

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near·sight·ed (nîr

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adj.

Unable to see distant objects clearly; myopic.

nearsighted·ly adv.

nearsighted·ness n.

nearsightedness (nîr

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d-n

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See myopia.

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nearsightedness

nearsightedness - (ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurred

myopia, shortsightedness

ophthalmology - the branch of medicine concerned with the eye and its diseases

ametropia - (ophthalmology) faulty refraction of light rays in the eye as in astigmatism or myopia

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