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Nearsightedness   /nˈɪrsˌaɪtɪdnəs/   Listen
Nearsightedness

noun
1.
(ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurred.  Synonyms: myopia, shortsightedness.





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"Nearsightedness" Quotes from Famous Books



... an allusion to a little misadventure which had happened to the first speaker, who, on account of nearsightedness, had shot a cow, taking it for a buck. The laugh, which had been at the notary's expense first, now turned against ...
— Gerfaut, Complete • Charles de Bernard


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