myopia (redirected from malignant myopia)

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.

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

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my·opic (-pk, -pk) adj.

my·opi·cal·ly adv.

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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

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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.

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.

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myopia

the condition of nearsightedness. — myopic, adj.

See also: Eyes

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

myopia - (ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurred nearsightedness, shortsightedness 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