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Definition of Nearsightedness
1. Noun. (ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurred.
Category relationships: Ophthalmology
Generic synonyms: Ametropia
Antonyms: Hyperopia
Derivative terms: Myopic, Nearsighted, Shortsighted
Definition of Nearsightedness
1. Noun. The property of being nearsighted, myopia. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nearsightedness
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Medical Definition of Nearsightedness
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Literary usage of Nearsightedness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Universal Military Education and Service: The Swiss System for the United States by Lucien Howe (1916)
"(b) School life tends to develop nearsightedness (35). Examinations of the eyes
of children ... Nearsightedness is a disease—often a disease of importance. ..."
2. The Household Monitor of Health by John Harvey Kellogg (1891)
"Nearsightedness.— If the eyes are nearsighted, they should be at once provided
with suitable glasses, or they will suffer injury. ..."
3. The Economic Review by Christian Social Union (Great Britain), Oxford University Branch (1899)
"I have always believed that his extreme nearsightedness was a real help to him
in this respect. Unable to see, virtually, beyond his nose, he could never ..."
4. General Science, First Course by Lewis Elhuff (1916)
"(a) Nearsightedness.— This is most often due to the eye being too long from ...
Sometimes nearsightedness is the result of the cornea or the crystalline ..."