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myopia
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)
- (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
- (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)
- Obsolete spelling of miopia (used in Portugal until September 1911 and died out in Brazil during the 1920s).
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hipermetropia
Portuguese
Noun
hipermetropia f (plural hipermetropias)
- (ophthalmology) farsightedness; hyperopia; hypermetropia (the condition of being unable to focus on near objects)
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