Myopia

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  • noun. A visual defect in which distant objects appear blurred because their images are focused in front of the retina rather than on it.
  • noun. Lack of discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Short-sightedness; nearsightedness: the opposite of hypermetropia.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. 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.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. A lack of imagination, discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. (ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurred
    • Word Usage
    "The word myopia was coined in 1693, and the meaning was soon extended."
    cross-reference
    chromic myopia  malignant  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    ametropia  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Ethiopia  Utopia  cornucopia  hyperopia  utopia  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    astigmatism  bitchiness  caligo  farsightedness  genuflexion  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    nearsightedness  shortsightedness  
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