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myopia
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my·o·pi·a  (m-p-)
n.
1. A visual defect in which distant objects appear blurred because their images are focused in front of the retina rather than on it; nearsightedness. Also called short sight.
2. Lack of discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning: "For Lorca, New York is a symbol of spiritual myopia" Edwin Honig.

[Greek mupi, from mups, mup-, nearsighted : mein, to close the eyes + ps, eye; see okw- in Indo-European roots.]

my·opic (-pk, -pk) adj.
my·opi·cal·ly adv.

myopia [my-oh-pee-a, my-op-ik]
Noun
inability to see distant objects clearly because the images are focused in front of the retina; short-sightedness [Greek muōps short-sighted]
myopic
Adjective
myopia  (m-p-)
A defect of the eye that causes light to focus in front of the retina instead of directly on it, resulting in an inability to see distant objects clearly. Myopia is often caused by an elongated eyeball or a misshapen lens. Also called nearsightedness. Compare hyperopia.
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myopia
top: When the focal point (f) of light falls in front of the retina, vision is blurred.
bottom: A concave-shaped lens corrects the defect by focusing light on the retina.

myopia
the condition of nearsightedness. — myopic, adj.
See also: Eyes
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.myopiamyopia - (ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurred
ophthalmology - the branch of medicine concerned with the eye and its diseases
ametropia - (ophthalmology) faulty refraction of light rays in the eye as in astigmatism or myopia
hypermetropia, hypermetropy, hyperopia, longsightedness, farsightedness - abnormal condition in which vision for distant objects is better than for near objects

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