Usually means: Vision condition causing blurred focus.
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We found 48 dictionaries that define the word astigmatism:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. astigmatism: Merriam-Webster
  2. astigmatism: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. astigmatism: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. astigmatism: Collins English Dictionary
  5. astigmatism: Vocabulary.com
  6. Astigmatism, astigmatism: Wordnik
  7. astigmatism: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. astigmatism: Wiktionary
  9. astigmatism: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. astigmatism: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. astigmatism: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. astigmatism: Dictionary.com
  13. astigmatism: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Astigmatism (eye), Astigmatism (optical systems), Astigmatism: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Astigmatism: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. astigmatism: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. astigmatism: Rhymezone
  18. Astigmatism: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. astigmatism: FreeDictionary.org
  20. astigmatism: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. astigmatism: TheFreeDictionary.com
  22. astigmatism: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  23. astigmatism: Merriam-Webster

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. English-Chinese Dictionary of Graphic Communications (Big 5) (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. astigmatism: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. astigmatism: Encyclopedia

Medicine (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. astigmatism: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Astigmatism: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Astigmatism: Merck Manuals
  6. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  7. Probert Encyclopaedia of Medicine (No longer online)
  8. Specific Diseases/Disorders (No longer online)
  9. KidsHealth Glossary of Medical Words (No longer online)
  10. Astigmatism: LASIK Eye Surgery Glossary
  11. Astigmatism: MEDLINE plus Illustrated Medical Encyclopedia
  12. astigmatism: Laser Eye Surgery
  13. astigmatism: Medical dictionary
  14. University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms (No longer online)
  15. Astigmatism: Drug Medical Dictionary

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Astigmatism: Eric Weisstein's World of Physics
  2. Astigmatism: Extragalactic Astronomy

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. astigmatism: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Astigmatism: Nikonians Photo Glossary
  2. PhotoNotes Dictionary of Film and Digital Photography (No longer online)

(Note: See astigmatisms as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (optics) A defect of a lens such that light rays coming from a point do not meet at a focal point so that the image is blurred.
noun:  (pathology) A disorder of the vision, usually due to a misshapen cornea, such that light does not focus correctly on the retina causing a blurred image.

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