myopia
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- noun
- /maɪˈoʊpiə/
- Specialized
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miopía
- After getting my new prescription, my myopia is much better controlled, allowing me to see clearly across the room.
- extreme myopia
- severe myopia
- high myopia
They looked at the statistics of myopia or near sightedness.
- They looked at the statistics of myopia or near sightedness.
- And I actually, it's really relevant these days because, you know, myopia is so common.
- And people who had genes that predisposed them to myopia and couldn't really see so well probably were less likely to put forward their genes.
- The the, the rates of myopia near sightedness are going way up.
- Offset the the formation of myopia.
- So but in China too, phones are banned from schools because of myopia and they're worried about the instance of Australia, France.
Examples
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Doctors say that increasing screen time has contributed to the rise in cases of myopia among children.
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Myopia is one of the most obvious signs of a disadvantaged birth.
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And when you think about young kids and how myopia can affect them, it becomes a real concern.
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Nor was such myopia limited to Africa; it was prevalent in developed countries as well.
Academic text (2005) -
Research has shown that spending more time outdoors can reduce the risk of myopia onset.
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Progressing myopia meant changing prescriptions, and that meant paying for new contacts, which was expensive.
Academic text (2007) -
In people with myopia or short sightedness, a steep cornea focuses light just short of the retina.
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But in addition to myopia, I have astigmatism (irregular curvature of the cornea) in both eyes.
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My myopia makes it difficult to see distant objects clearly without my glasses.
Synonyms
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A problem with seeing where things far away look blurry
Difficulty seeing things far away without glasses
Antonyms
How Far-sighted
Surface Forms
Etymology
Myopia comes from the Greek parts μύω ('to shut') and ὄψ ('eye'), which imagine the eyes as partly closed to distant things. That's why myopia means 'nearsightedness': you see near things clearly but far ones look blurred.