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English noun: nearsightedness

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


Synonymsmyopia, shortsightedness


Broader (hypernym)ametropia


Domain categoryophthalmology


Antonymshypermetropia, hypermetropy, hyperopia, longsightedness, farsightedness









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