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Short-sightedness

SHORT-SIGHTEDNESS, n. 1. A defect in vision, consisting in the inability to See things at a distance, or at the distance to which ssight normally extends. Short-sightedness is owing to the too great convexity...

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SHORT-SIGHTEDNESS, n.

1. A defect in vision, consisting in the inability to See things at a distance, or at the distance to which ssight normally extends. Short-sightedness is owing to the too great convexity of the crystaline humor of the eye, by which the rays of light are brought to a focus too soon, that is, before they reach the retina.

2. Defected or limited intellectual sight; inabilaty to See Far into futurity or into things deep or abstruse.

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