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Webster 1913 Edition
Myopia
My-o′pi-a
,Noun.
[NL. See
Myope
.] (Med.)
Nearsightedness; shortsightedness; a condition of the eye in which the rays from distant object are brought to a focus before they reach the retina, and hence form an indistinct image; while the rays from very near objects are normally converged so as to produce a distinct image. It is corrected by the use of a concave lens.
Definition 2024
myopia
myopia
English
Noun
myopia (countable and uncountable, plural myopias)
- (pathology) 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.
Synonyms
- (seeing disorder): shortsightedness, nearsightedness
Antonyms
Derived terms
See also
- astigmatism
- emmetropia
- hyperopia
- (seeing disorder): presbyopia
Translations
disorder of vision
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lack of imagination, discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning
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Portuguese
Noun
myopia f (uncountable)
- Obsolete spelling of miopia (used in Portugal until September 1911 and died out in Brazil during the 1920s).