myopia

English

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek μυωπία (myōpia, “shortsightedness”), from μύειν (myein, “to shut”) + ὤψ (ōps, “eye”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /maɪ.əʊ.piː.ə/, X-SAMPA: /maI.@U.pi:.@/
• Rhymes: -əʊpiə

Noun

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.
2. A lack of imagination, discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning.

Synonyms

• (seeing disorder): shortsightedness, nearsightedness

Antonyms

• hyperopia, farsightedness

Derived terms

• myope
• myopic
• myopically

See also

• astigmatism
• emmetropia
• hyperopia
• (seeing disorder): presbyopia

Translations

disorder of vision

• Catalan: miopia (ca) f
• Czech: krátkozrakost (cs) n
• Danish: nærsynethed (da) c
• Dutch: bijziendheid (nl) f
• Esperanto: miopeco (eo)
• Finnish: likinäköisyys (fi), likitaittoisuus (fi)
• German: Kurzsichtigkeit (de) f
• Greek: μυωπία (el) (miopίa) f 

• Italian: miopia (it) f
• Japanese: 近視 (ja) (きんし, kinshi)
• Malay: rabun jauh (ms)
• Portuguese: miopia (pt) f
• Serbo-Croatian: kratkovidost f
• Spanish: miopía (es) f
• Swedish: närsynthet (sv) c
• Turkish: miyop (tr)

lack of imagination, discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning

• Dutch: kortzichtigheid (nl) f
• Finnish: lyhytnäköisyys (fi)

• German: Kurzsichtigkeit (de) f
• Swedish: kortsiktighet (sv) c