myopia (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *myopia*:
NOUN	state	myopia, nearsightedness, shortsightedness	(ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability

myopia > pronunciation
Sounds	mayow'piyah
Rhymes	Abyssinia ... zinnia: 217 rhymes with iyah...

English > *myopia*: 1 sense > noun 1, state
Meaning	(ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurred.
Synonyms	nearsightedness, shortsightedness
Category	ophthalmology	The branch of medicine concerned with the eye and its diseases
Broader	ametropia	(ophthalmology) faulty refraction of light rays in the eye as in astigmatism or myopia
Opposite	hyperopia, hypermetropia, hypermetropy, farsightedness, longsightedness	Abnormal condition in which vision for distant objects is better than for near objects
Spanish	miopía
Catalan	miopia
Adjectives	myopic	unable to see distant objects clearly

HyperDic: myopia