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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. 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;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Astigmatic \As`tig*mat"ic\, a. (Med. & Opt.) Affected with, or pertaining to, astigmatism; as, astigmatic eyes; also, remedying astigmatism; as, astigmatic lenses. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

astigmatic adj 1: 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 [ant: anastigmatic, stigmatic]