different between myope vs myopia

English

Noun

myope (plural myopes)

1. One who has myopia.

Translations

Anagrams

• mopey, pomey

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mj?p/

Adjective

myope (plural myopes)

1. short-sighted
2. narrow-minded

• myope comme une taupe

Noun

myope m or f (plural myopes)

1. a short-sighted person

Further reading

• “myope” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

myope

1. inflection of myop:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ?????? (mu?pía, “shortsightedness”), from ??? (mú?, “to shut eyes”) +? ?? (?ps, “view”) +? -?? (-ía).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ma????.p?.?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ma??o?.pi.?/
• Rhymes: -??pi?

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.

   Synonyms: shortsightedness, nearsightedness

   Antonym: hyperopia

   Coordinate term: presbyopia
2. (figuratively) A lack of imagination, discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• astigmatism
• emmetropia

Further reading

• near-sightedness on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Portuguese

Noun

myopia f (uncountable)

1. Obsolete spelling of miopia (used in Portugal until September 1911 and died out in Brazil during the 1920s).