myopia
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Ancient Greek μυωπία (muōpía, “shortsightedness”), from μύω (múō, “to shut, close”) + ὤψ (ṓps, “eye”) + -ία (-ía).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) IPA(key): /maɪˈəʊ.pɪ.ə/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (US) IPA(key): /maɪˈoʊ.pi.ə/
Audio (US) (file)
- Rhymes: -əʊpiə
Noun[edit]
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.
- Synonyms: shortsightedness, nearsightedness
- Antonym: hyperopia
- Coordinate term: presbyopia
- 2015 March 15, Elie Dolgin, “The myopia boom”, in Nature[1]:
- The modern rise in myopia mirrored a trend for children in many countries to spend more time engaged in reading, studying or — more recently — glued to computer and smartphone screens.
- (figurative) A lack of imagination, discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
disorder of the vision — see nearsightedness
lack of imagination, discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning
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See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
near-sightedness on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Portuguese[edit]
Noun[edit]
myopia f (uncountable)
- Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1911) of miopia.
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