nearsightedness
[ nîr′sī′tĭd-nĭs ]
n.
Myopia.
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Words nearby nearsightedness
near real-time, near rhyme, nearshore, nearside, nearsighted, nearsightedness, near-term, near thing, near threatened, nearthrosis, near to one's heart
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Example sentences from the Web for nearsightedness
The squire was a thin, pale little man, with the pinched look of nearsightedness about his eyes.
The Executioner|Frank RileyIf the subject cannot read up to the twenty-foot line, nearsightedness or astigmatism is indicated.
The Science of Human Nature|William Henry Pyle
Scientific definitions for nearsightedness
nearsightedness
[ nîr′sī′tĭd-nĭs ]
See myopia.
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