Meanings
nounnearsightedness (plural nearsightednesses)
plural nearsightednesses
- The property of being nearsighted, myopia.
Synonyms: shortsightedness
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe property of being nearsighted, myopia.
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noun(ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurred
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Translations
Ancient Greek μυωπία
- μυωπία (muōpía)property of being nearsighted
Arabic قَصَّرَ النَّظَرِ
- قَصَّرَ النَّظَرِ (qaṣṣara n-naẓari)property of being nearsighted
Basque miopia
- miopiaproperty of being nearsighted
Bulgarian късогледство
- късогледство (kăsogledstvo)property of being nearsighted
Catalan miopia
- miopiaproperty of being nearsighted
Chinese Mandarin 近視 /近视, 近視眼 /近视眼
- 近視 /近视 (jìnshì)property of being nearsighted
- 近視眼 /近视眼 (jìnshìyǎn)property of being nearsighted
Czech krátkozrakost
- krátkozrakostproperty of being nearsighted
Danish nærsynethed
- nærsynethedproperty of being nearsighted
Dutch bijziendheid
- bijziendheidproperty of being nearsighted
Esperanto miopeco
- miopecoproperty of being nearsighted
Estonian lühinägevus
- lühinägevusproperty of being nearsighted
Finnish likinäköisyys, likitaittoisuus
- likinäköisyysproperty of being nearsighted
- likitaittoisuusproperty of being nearsighted
French myopie
- myopieproperty of being nearsighted
German Kurzsichtigkeit, Myopie
- Kurzsichtigkeitproperty of being nearsighted
- Myopieproperty of being nearsighted
Greek μυωπία
- μυωπία (myopía)property of being nearsighted
Hebrew קוצר ראייה
- קוצר ראייה (kótser r'iyá)property of being nearsighted
Hindi निकट दृष्टि दोष
- निकट दृष्टि दोष (nikaṭ dŕṣṭi doṣ)property of being nearsighted
Hungarian rövidlátás, miópia
- rövidlátásproperty of being nearsighted
- miópiaproperty of being nearsighted
Icelandic nærsýni
- nærsýniproperty of being nearsighted
Indonesian rabun jauh
- rabun jauhproperty of being nearsighted
Irish gearr-radharc
- gearr-radharcproperty of being nearsighted
Italian miopia
- miopiaproperty of being nearsighted
Japanese 近視, 近眼
- 近視 (kinshi)property of being nearsighted
- 近眼 (kingan)property of being nearsighted
Korean 근시
- 근시 (geunsi)property of being nearsighted
Latvian tuvredzība, miopija
- tuvredzībaproperty of being nearsighted
- miopijaproperty of being nearsighted
Lithuanian trumparegystė
- trumparegystėproperty of being nearsighted
Malay rabun jauh
- rabun jauhproperty of being nearsighted
Norwegian nærsynthet
- nærsynthetproperty of being nearsighted
Persian نزدیک بینی
- نزدیک بینی (nazdik-bini)property of being nearsighted
Polish krótkowzroczność
- krótkowzrocznośćproperty of being nearsighted
Portuguese miopia
- miopiaproperty of being nearsighted
Romanian miopie
- miopieproperty of being nearsighted
Russian близору́кость, миопи́я
- близору́кость (blizorúkostʹ)property of being nearsighted
- миопи́я (miopíja)property of being nearsighted
Slovak krátkozrakosť
- krátkozrakosťproperty of being nearsighted
Spanish miopía
- miopíaproperty of being nearsighted
Swedish närsynthet, myopi
- närsynthetproperty of being nearsighted
- myopiproperty of being nearsighted
Tagalog silag, pagkasilag
- silagproperty of being nearsighted
- pagkasilagproperty of being nearsighted
- kurarapproperty of being nearsighted
Tamil கிட்டப்பார்வை
- கிட்டப்பார்வை (kiṭṭappārvai)property of being nearsighted
Thai สายตาสั้น
- สายตาสั้น (sǎai-dtaa-sân)property of being nearsighted
Turkish miyop
- miyopproperty of being nearsighted
Ukrainian короткозо́рість, міопія
- короткозо́рість (korotkozóristʹ)property of being nearsighted
- міопія (miopija)property of being nearsighted
Vietnamese cận thị
- cận thịproperty of being nearsighted
Cite this entry
APA
nearsightedness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nearsightedness
MLA
“nearsightedness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nearsightedness. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nearsightedness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nearsightedness.
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