- day s. SYN: nyctalopia.
- far s. SYN: hyperopia.
- long s. SYN: hyperopia.
- near s. SYN: myopia.
- night s. SYN: hemeralopia.
- second s. improved near vision in the aged as a result of increased refractivity of the nucleus of the lens causing myopia. SYN: senile lenticular myopia.
- short s. SYN: myopia.
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sight 'sīt n
1) something that is seen
2) the process, power, or function of seeing specif the one of the five basic physical senses by which light stimuli received by the eye are interpreted by the brain and constructed into a representation of the position, shape, brightness, and usu. color of objects in space
3 a) a perception of an object by the eye
b) the range of vision
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(sīt) [A.S. sihth] vision (defs. 1, 2).Medical dictionary. 2011.