Usage Note
Weitsichtigkeit is a refractive error where nearby objects appear blurred. It is distinct from Altersweitsichtigkeit (Presbyopie), though both are commonly discussed at the optician. Many people confuse the two, making it important to distinguish them.
Examples
"Weitsichtigkeit wird durch eine nach außen gewölbte Brillenlinse korrigiert."
Natural Translation
Long-sightedness is corrected by an outwardly convex lens.
Literal Translation
Long-sightedness is through an outwardly curved spectacle-lens corrected.
Related Words
- Akkommodation accommodation (focusing adjustment of the eye lens)
- Anosmie anosmia, loss of smell
- Blick look
- Bogengang semicircular canal (inner ear)
- Brennen burning sensation
- Dunkeladaptation dark adaptation (eye adjustment from light to darkness)
- Dämmerungssehen twilight vision, scotopic vision
- Eigengeruch body odour; characteristic personal scent
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