Myopia: Often called nearsightedness, myopia is a vision problem experienced by 30% of. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Myopia: Often called nearsightedness, myopia is a vision problem experienced by 30% of Americans. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Such cases are known as nearsightedness and are corrected by having placed in front of the eyes concave lenses of the proper strength. From Wordnik.com. [The Science of Human Nature A Psychology for Beginners] Reference
Students set up shop in a room with a special camera that can spot potential problems such as nearsightedness, cataracts and lazy eye. From Wordnik.com. [Local News from Tuscaloosa News] Reference
I'm afflicted with chronic mental nearsightedness. From Wordnik.com. [McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, July 1908.] Reference
I got bumped up quite a bit for my nearsightedness. From Wordnik.com. [X-post.] Reference
Now, it doesn't matter if we inherited nearsightedness. From Wordnik.com. [Un-Natural Selection: Human Evolution's Next Steps] Reference
There are even nearsightedness epidemics among children. From Wordnik.com. [The Tyranny of E-mail] Reference
Administrations have been characterized by nearsightedness. From Wordnik.com. [CASTRO ON MEXICO, U.S. OTHER ISSUES] Reference
Other suggestions include anthrax, mumps, and nearsightedness. From Wordnik.com. [State of the Yendi] Reference
So is nearsightedness, but no one tells people not to wear glasses. From Wordnik.com. [why suffer when you don't have to?] Reference
Like nearsightedness, bad posture, and an appalling lack of coordination. From Wordnik.com. [The Mortal Instruments: Book One: City of Bones] Reference
Farsightedness is remedied by convex glasses; nearsightedness, by concave. From Wordnik.com. [Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics] Reference
Or it could be nearsightedness on the part of the hidden fans/photographers. From Wordnik.com. [Doctor Who Season Five...potential serious spoiler.] Reference
As Ethiopia's "eyes", we are ironically afflicted by myopia (nearsightedness). From Wordnik.com. [Alemayehu G. Mariam: Ethiopia: Speaking Truth to the Truth-Seekers] Reference
Who knows what social benefits happen to be genetically linked with nearsightedness?. From Wordnik.com. [“What if your mother was pro-choice?” II] Reference
Those operations for nearsightedness have come into question in the last four years. From Wordnik.com. [The Straw Man and Prop R] Reference
In the latter, objects near by are clearer, and hence this is termed nearsightedness. From Wordnik.com. [Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics] Reference
Mr. MyGoo: An executive's extreme nearsightedness leads to one disaster after another. From Wordnik.com. [Style Invitational Week 875: 'Learn From My Fail' life lessons; and puns on movie titles] Reference
Hamilton points to the seemingly rising rates of nearsightedness as a possible example. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-09-11] Reference
I and one daughter had severe nearsightedness, corrected with glasses of -11 to -13 diopters. From Wordnik.com. [More Bad News for the Lasik Business - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference
When we talk about bad vision, bad nearsightedness, get a sense of how blurry things might be. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 1, 2004] Reference
His eyeglasses, used to correct his severe nearsightedness, were confiscated and never returned. From Wordnik.com. [Coming Home] Reference
It can correct nearsightedness, farsightedness, a stigmatism, and just blurry vision in general. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 8, 2003] Reference
If the subject cannot read up to the twenty-foot line, nearsightedness or astigmatism is indicated. From Wordnik.com. [The Science of Human Nature A Psychology for Beginners] Reference
As many of us have discovered for ourselves, nearsightedness is nearly universal after the age of 40. From Wordnik.com. [Desire in the Twilight of Life] Reference
Traditional glasses correct lower-order aberrations like nearsightedness, farsightedness and astigmatisms. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing: February 5, 2006 - February 11, 2006 Archives] Reference
Aside from their shared nearsightedness, they were perfect genetic specimens for producing exceptional children. From Wordnik.com. [Bitter Harvest] Reference
I could kind of buy that the nearsightedness could have been all in her brain (messed up signals), but the asthma?. From Wordnik.com. ['Dollhouse' recap: Momma's got a brand new bag of crazy | EW.com] Reference
The night, the wizard's nearsightedness, and the uncertain firelight all conspired to obscure just what happened next. From Wordnik.com. [Smart Dragons, Foolish Elves]
She wore the thick glasses prescribed for her severe nearsightedness rather than the contact lenses she had once used. From Wordnik.com. [Bitter Harvest] Reference
Of course, once the farsightedness of age came in addition to the nearsightedness, his miniaturist career might have been over. From Wordnik.com. [How on earth did they do it?] Reference
(I was honestly astonished when I suddenly needed glasses for nearsightedness at age 23, and the world stopped brushing me off.). From Wordnik.com. [Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » The Intersection of Truth and Fiction] Reference
The outer lens can be custom made to correct other vision problems besides presbyopia, including nearsightedness and astigmatism. From Wordnik.com. [A Different Kind of Eyeglasses] Reference
A would-be boxer who was hampered by nearsightedness, Harold served more than a year in Sing Sing Prison for mugging the milkman. From Wordnik.com. [Growing Up Giuliani] Reference
Laser procedures, like Lasik, are by far the most popular operations that correct nearsightedness, farsightedness and astigmatism. From Wordnik.com. [Health: Life Without Glasses] Reference
But somewhere around age seven, I moved on to my second opia, myopia, or nearsightedness, the inability to focus on distant objects. From Wordnik.com. [A better way to focus] Reference
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