myopia

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μυωπία (muōpía, “shortsightedness”), from μύω (múō, “to shut, close”) +‎ ὤψ (ṓps, “eye”) +‎ -ία (-ía).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /maɪˈəʊ.pɪ.ə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /maɪˈoʊ.pi.ə/

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• 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.

   Synonyms: shortsightedness, nearsightedness

   Antonym: hyperopia

   Coordinate term: presbyopia

   • 2015 March 15, Elie Dolgin, “The myopia boom”, in Nature‎:

     The modern rise in myopia mirrored a trend for children in many countries to spend more time engaged in reading, studying or — more recently — glued to computer and smartphone screens.

2. (figurative) A lack of imagination, discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning.

Further reading

• near-sightedness on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology

Internationalism (see English myopia).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmyopiɑ/, [ˈmyo̞ˌpiɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -iɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): myo‧pia

Noun

myopia

1. (pathology) myopia

Noun

myopia f (uncountable)

1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of miopia.