myopia

English

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek μυωπία (“shortsightedness”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /maɪ.əʊ.piː.ə/, 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. Serbian: kratkovidost 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.