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near-sightedness
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Near-sightedness , also known as myopia , is a condition of the eye where light focuses in front, instead of on the retina . This causes distant objects to be blurry while close objects appear normal. Other symptoms may include headaches and eye strain ...
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n. (alternative spelling of nearsightedness English)
Usage examples of near-sightedness.
When a lady, in a delicate and costly summer garb, with a floating veil and gracefully swaying gown, and, altogether, an ethereal lightness that made you look at her beautifully slippered feet, to see whether she trod on the dust or floated in the air—when such a vision happened to pass through this retired street, leaving it tenderly and delusively fragrant with her passage, as if a bouquet of tea-roses had been borne along—then again, it is to be feared, old Hepzibah's scowl could no longer vindicate itself entirely on the plea of near-sightedness.