English noun: nearsightedness | |||
1. | nearsightedness (state) (ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurred | ||
Synonyms | myopia, shortsightedness | ||
Broader (hypernym) | ametropia | ||
Domain category | ophthalmology | ||
Antonyms | hypermetropia, hypermetropy, hyperopia, longsightedness, farsightedness | ||