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    NEARSIGHTEDNESS

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    (ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurredplay

    Synonyms:

    myopia; nearsightedness; shortsightedness

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

    Hypernyms ("nearsightedness" is a kind of...):

    ametropia ((ophthalmology) faulty refraction of light rays in the eye as in astigmatism or myopia)

    Domain category:

    ophthalmology (the branch of medicine concerned with the eye and its diseases)

    Derivation:

    nearsighted (unable to see distant objects clearly)

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