SHORT-SIGHTED EYE
\ʃˈɔːtsˈa͡ɪtɪd ˈa͡ɪ], \ʃˈɔːtsˈaɪtɪd ˈaɪ], \ʃ_ˈɔː_t_s_ˈaɪ_t_ɪ_d ˈaɪ]\
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One which has too great a refractive power, and brings rays from a distant object to convergence in front of the retina; it cannot, therefore, see such objects distinctly, though they are clearly discerned by the human eye in its ordinary state.
By Henry Percy Smith