Sharpness or acuteness, as of a needle, wit, etc.
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Anopia
sightlessness (especially because of a structural defect in or the absence of an eye)
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State or condition of being blind, literally or figuratively.
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Ophthalmology.Blindness.
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Ophthalmology.Inflammation of the conjunctiva.
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Ophthalmology.The transparent part of the coat of the eyeball which covers the iris and pupil and admits light to the interior. See Eye.
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Ophthalmology.visual impairment resulting from the retina becoming separated from the choroid in the back of the eye; treated by photocoagulation
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Ophthalmology.visual impairment resulting from the retina becoming separated from the choroid in the back of the eye; treated by photocoagulation
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Ophthalmology.Quality of bbeing farsighted.
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Ophthalmology.Dimness or abolition of sight, with a diminution of transparency, a bluish or greenish tinge of the refracting media of the eye, and a…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Ophthalmology.Alt. of Hypermetropy
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Ophthalmology.A condition of the eye in which, through shortness of the eyeball or fault of the refractive media, the rays of light come to a focus…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Ophthalmology.Hypermetropia.
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Ophthalmology.pressure exerted by the fluids inside the eyeball; regulated by resistance to the outward flow of aqueous humor; "glaucoma can result…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Ophthalmology.pressure exerted by the fluids inside the eyeball; regulated by resistance to the outward flow of aqueous humor; "glaucoma can result…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Ophthalmology.Inflammation of the cornea.
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Ophthalmology.abnormal condition in which vision for distant objects is better than for near objects
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Ophthalmology.eye disease caused by degeneration of the cells of the macula lutea and results in blurred vision; can cause blindness
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Ophthalmology.Nearsightedness; shortsightedness; a condition of the eye in which the rays from distant object are brought to a focus before they rea…
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(biochemistry) a nucleoside that is a structural component of nucleic acids; it is present in all living cells in a combined form as a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sightlessness, structural, defect, absence.A person, whether negro, Indian, or white, in whom by some defect of organization the substance which gives color to the skin, hair, a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sightlessness, structural, defect, absence.That which is analogous to, or corresponds with, some other thing.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sightlessness, structural, defect, absence.loss of structural differentiation within a cell or group of cells often with increased capacity for multiplication, as in a malignant…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sightlessness, structural, defect, absence.An affection characterized by pain in or about a joint, not dependent upon structural disease.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sightlessness, structural, defect, absence.A weakening or cessation of the contractile power of the heart.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sightlessness, structural, defect, absence.The classification of living organisms according to their structural character; taxonomy.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sightlessness, structural, defect, absence.of Buckle
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sightlessness, structural, defect, absence.One of a group of compounds including the sugars, starches, and gums, which contain six (or some multiple of six) carbon atoms, united…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sightlessness, structural, defect, absence.absence of systole; failure of the ventricles of the heart to contract (usually caused by ventricular fibrillation) with consequent ab…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sightlessness, structural, defect, absence.absence of systole; failure of the ventricles of the heart to contract (usually caused by ventricular fibrillation) with consequent ab…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sightlessness, structural, defect, absence.A very small and close apartment, as in a prison or in a monastery or convent; the hut of a hermit.
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