myopia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A disorder of the vision where distant objects appear blurred because the eye focuses their images in front of the retina instead of on it.
A lack of imagination, discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning.

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myopia myopias

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μυωπία (muōpía, “shortsightedness”), from μύω (múō, “to shut, close”) + ὤψ (ṓps, “eye”) + -ία (-ía).

shortsightedness nearsightedness

hyperopia

astigmatism emmetropia

anisomyopia compound myopia heteromyopia isomyopia myope myopiagenic myopic myopically myopist myopization pseudomyopia simple myopia

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