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 Definitions of myopia  [ɪˈoʊ pi ə]  

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Definition of 'myopia' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) myopia
a condition of the eye in which parallel rays are focused in front of the retina, objects being seen distinctly only when near to the eye; nearsightedness

2.  myopia
lack of foresight or discernment.

3.  myopia
narrow-mindedness.

Etymology:  (1685–95; < NL < Gk myōpía, der. of myōp- (s. of mýōps) near-sighted)

Definition of 'myopia' Princeton's WordNet 

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


Definition of 'myopia' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) myopia
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 of 'myopia' U.S. National Library of Medicine 

1.  myopia
A refractive error in which rays of light entering the EYE parallel to the optic axis are brought to a focus in front of the RETINA when accommodation (ACCOMMODATION, OCULAR) is relaxed. This results from an overly curved CORNEA or from the eyeball being too long from front to back. It is also called nearsightedness.


Translation of 'myopia' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: short-sightedness
She suffers from myopia.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: bysiendheid Arabic flag Arabic: قِصَر نَظَر Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: късогледство
Brazilian flag Brazilian: miopia Czech flag Czech: krátkozrakost German flag German: die Kurzsichtigkeit
Danish flag Danish: nærsynethed Greek flag Greek: μυωπία Spanish flag Spanish: miopía
Estonian flag Estonian: lühinägelikkus Farsi flag Farsi: نزديک بينى Finnish flag Finnish: likinäköisyys
French flag French: myopie Hebrew flag Hebrew: קוֹצֶר רְאִייָה Hindi flag Hindi: कम देखने की बीमारी
Croatian flag Croatian: kratkovidnost Hungarian flag Hungarian: rövidlátás Indonesian flag Indonesian: rabun jauh
Icelandic flag Icelandic: nærsÿni Italian flag Italian: miopia Japanese flag Japanese: 近視
Korean flag Korean: 근시 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: trumparegystė Latvian flag Latvian: tuvredzība
Malay flag Malay: rabun jauh Dutch flag Dutch: bijziendheid Norwegian flag Norwegian: nærsynthet
Polish flag Polish: krótkowzroczność Persian flag Persian: نزديک بينى Pashto flag Pashto: پوزی ته نږدی
Portuguese flag Portuguese: miopia Romanian flag Romanian: miopie Russian flag Russian: близорукость
Slovak flag Slovak: krátkozrakosť Slovenian flag Slovenian: kratkovidnost Serbian flag Serbian: ktatkovidost
Swedish flag Swedish: myopi, närsynthet Thai flag Thai: ภาวะสายตาสั้น Turkish flag Turkish: miyopluk, uzağı iyi görem
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 近視 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: короткозорість Urdu flag Urdu: دور کی نگاہ کا کمزور ہونا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: tật cận thị Chinese flag Chinese: 近视

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