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Eye problem
Answer for the clue "Eye problem ", 6 letters:
myopia
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Word definitions for myopia in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"short-sightedness," 1727, medical Latin, from Late Greek myopia "near-sightedness," from myops "near-sighted," literally "closing the eyes," from myein "to shut" (see mute (adj.)) + ops (genitive opos ) "eye" (see eye (n.)).
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context pathology English) A disorder of the vision where distant objects appear blurred because the eye focuses their images in front of the retina instead of on it. 2 A lack of imagination, discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning. ...
Usage examples of myopia.
In fact, a blind ophthalmologist is not much good to anyone, but it was up to him to inform the health authorities, to warn them of this situation which might turn into a national catastrophe, nothing more nor less, of a form of blindness hitherto unknown, with every appearance of being highly contagious, and which, to all appearances, manifested itself without the previous existence of earlier pathological symptoms of an inflammatory, infectious or degenerative nature, as he was able to verify in the blind man who had come to consult him in his surgery, or as had been confirmed in his own case, a touch of myopia, a slight astigmatism, all so mild that he had decided, in the meantime, not to use corrective lenses.
Even his physical welfare seemed to be covered by a selection of exercise regimens and workout tapes that went all the way to an exercise in psuedo 3D that was supposed to prevent confinement-induced myopia.
So, in some cases, did the Cuckoos, sanctifying the spots as best their myopia knew how: with steeples and monuments.
She leans forward to read it in a way which endears her to him, even if it is the consequence of myopia rather than calculation.