How to Use astigmatism in a Sentence
astigmatism
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But my mother has wanted to be an astronaut all of her life and couldn’t because of an astigmatism.
—John Wenzel, The Know, 13 Oct. 2019
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Rath, who was born with ocular albinism, nystagmus, and astigmatism cannot play games unless screens are positioned inches from his face.
—Grant Stoner, Wired, 1 Mar. 2022
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But these astigmatism-correcting lenses can be implanted during traditional or laser surgery, Akpek said.
—Sarah Gantz, Philly.com, 21 Mar. 2018
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The system will address everything from astigmatism, to farsightedness, and nearsightedness, according to Patently Apple, which first spotted the patents.
—Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 12 July 2020
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According to the Mayo Clinic, common side effects of laser eye surgery include dry eyes and temporary vision disturbances, with some patients more rarely affected by under- or over-corrections, astigmatisms and even potential loss of eyesight.
—Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com, 14 Nov. 2019
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Breaking: Easter Bunny able to afford glasses to correct astigmatism, thanks to continued coverage under Obamacare.
—Diana Bruk, Marie Claire, 17 Apr. 2017
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Contact lenses can be worn to correct a variety of vision conditions, such as myopia, or nearsightedness; hyperopia, or farsightedness; and astigmatism.
—Tiffany Yannetta, Seventeen, 26 Oct. 2018
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Functional vision goes way beyond simple problems such as nearsightedness, farsightedness and astigmatism, instead relating to the way the eyes function together and send visual information to the brain for processing.
—Melanie Savage, courant.com, 16 Aug. 2020
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These are simply garden-variety nearsightedness and farsightedness as well as astigmatism (distorted vision at all distances) and presbyopia, which is the loss of up-close focusing ability (hello, reading glasses!).
—Meryl Davids Landau, Good Housekeeping, 13 Mar. 2020
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Of the overall cases, 69 percent arose from simple uncorrected refractive errors, which include myopia (nearsightedness), hyperopia (farsightedness) and astigmatism (blurry vision up close, far away or both).
—By Sue Arrowsmith, miamiherald, 24 July 2017
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