astigmatic
1. [ adjective ] (ophthalmology) of or relating to a defect in the eye or in a lens caused by a deviation from spherical curvature which prevents light rays from meeting at a common focus and so results in distorted images
Related terms: anastigmatic astigmatism
2. [ adjective ] pertaining to a kind of impaired eyesight
Related terms: astigmatism
3. [ adjective ] visual impairment resulting from faulty refraction of light rays in the eye
Synonyms: myopic presbyopic visually_impaired ametropic
Related terms: impaired
Similar spelling:   Asiatic
  astigmatism
  ascitic
  astigmia
  Asiatic_flu
  ascetic