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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)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) myopia, nearsightedness, shortsightedness
(ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurred
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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
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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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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.
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Sense: short-sightedness
She suffers from myopia.
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 Afrikaans: bysiendheid |
 Arabic: قِصَر نَظَر |
 Bulgarian: късогледство |
 Brazilian: miopia |
 Czech: krátkozrakost |
 German: die Kurzsichtigkeit |
 Danish: nærsynethed |
 Greek: μυωπία |
 Spanish: miopía |
 Estonian: lühinägelikkus |
 Farsi: نزديک بينى |
 Finnish: likinäköisyys |
 French: myopie |
 Hebrew: קוֹצֶר רְאִייָה |
 Hindi: कम देखने की बीमारी |
 Croatian: kratkovidnost |
 Hungarian: rövidlátás |
 Indonesian: rabun jauh |
 Icelandic: nærsÿni |
 Italian: miopia |
 Japanese: 近視 |
 Korean: 근시 |
 Lithuanian: trumparegystė |
 Latvian: tuvredzība |
 Malay: rabun jauh |
 Dutch: bijziendheid |
 Norwegian: nærsynthet |
 Polish: krótkowzroczność |
 Persian: نزديک بينى |
 Pashto: پوزی ته نږدی |
 Portuguese: miopia |
 Romanian: miopie |
 Russian: близорукость |
 Slovak: krátkozrakosť |
 Slovenian: kratkovidnost |
 Serbian: ktatkovidost |
 Swedish: myopi, närsynthet |
 Thai: ภาวะสายตาสั้น |
 Turkish: miyopluk, uzağı iyi görem |
 Taiwanese: 近視 |
 Ukrainian: короткозорість |
 Urdu: دور کی نگاہ کا کمزور ہونا |
 Vietnamese: tật cận thị |
 Chinese: 近视 |
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