asthenopia
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- noun Weakness or fatigue of the eyes, usually accompanied by headache and dimming of vision.
Examples
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The asthenopia which is almost constantly seen in such cases added to her trials, because reading had to be abandoned, and so at last, despite unusual vigor of character, she gave way to utter despair, and became at times emotional and morbid in her views of life.
Fat and Blood An Essay on the Treatment of Certain Forms of Neurasthenia and Hysteria
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Then came an increasing asthenopia, with evening headaches, until her temper changed and became capricious and irritable.
Fat and Blood An Essay on the Treatment of Certain Forms of Neurasthenia and Hysteria
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For them, as for the whole class, the pleasures of life are limited by this perpetual weariness and by the asthenopia which they rarely escape, and which, by preventing them from reading, leaves them free to study day after day their accumulating aches and distresses.
Fat and Blood An Essay on the Treatment of Certain Forms of Neurasthenia and Hysteria
Note
The word 'asthenopia' comes from Greek roots meaning 'lack', 'strength' and 'eye'.
