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Astigmatic

Astigmatic \As`tig*mat"ic\, a. (Med. & Opt.) Affected with, or pertaining to, astigmatism; as, astigmatic eyes; also, remedying astigmatism; as, astigmatic lenses.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
astigmatic

1849; see astigmatism + -ic.

Wiktionary
astigmatic

a. suffering from astigmatism

WordNet
astigmatic

adj. of or relating to a defect in the eye or in a lens caused by a deviation from spherical curvature which prevents light rays from meeting at a common focus and so results in distorted images [ant: anastigmatic]

Wikipedia
Astigmatic (album)

Astigmatic is a studio album by Polish jazz pianist and composer Krzysztof Komeda. It is often considered to be Komeda's masterpiece as well as one of the greatest albums of both Polish and European jazz. It was recorded in one night in the Warsaw Philharmonic.

Usage examples of "astigmatic".

I have got rid of all the astigmatism in my right or left eye, yet center eye persists in being astigmatic, sometimes to the point of blindness.