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Shortsighted person
Answer for the clue "Shortsighted person ", 5 letters:
myope
Alternative clues for the word myope
Word definitions for myope in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Myope \My"ope\, n. [F., fr. Gr. ?, ?; ? to close, shut the eyes + ?, ?, the eye.] A person having myopia; a myops.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. One who has myopia.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"short-sighted person," 1728, from French myope "short-sighted" (16c.), from Late Latin myop- , from Greek myops "short-sighted" (see myopia ).
Usage examples of myope.
Mikhail Suslov had diabetic retinopathy of the eyes—he was also a high myope, very nearsighted—and they went over to fix it, and to teach some Russian docs how to do the procedure.