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myopia

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/
  • Rhymes: -əʊpiə

Noun edit

myopia (countable and uncountable, plural myopias)

  1. (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.
  2. (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

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Noun edit

myopia f (uncountable)

  1. Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1911) of miopia.
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