HyperDic: myopia

English > 1 sense of the word myopia:
NOUNstatemyopia, nearsightedness, shortsightedness(ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability
myopia > pronunciation
Soundsmayow'piyah
RhymesAbyssinia ... 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.
Synonymsnearsightedness, shortsightedness
CategoryophthalmologyThe branch of medicine concerned with the eye and its diseases
Broaderametropia(ophthalmology) faulty refraction of light rays in the eye as in astigmatism or myopia
Oppositehyperopia, hypermetropia, hypermetropy, farsightedness, longsightednessAbnormal condition in which vision for distant objects is better than for near objects
Spanishmiopía
Catalanmiopia
Adjectivesmyopicunable to see distant objects clearly

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