MYOPIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does myopia mean? 

• MYOPIA (noun)
  The noun MYOPIA has 1 sense:

1. (ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurred

  Familiarity information: MYOPIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MYOPIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurred

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

myopia; nearsightedness; shortsightedness

Hypernyms ("myopia" is a kind of...):

ametropia ((ophthalmology) faulty refraction of light rays in the eye as in astigmatism or myopia)

Domain category:

ophthalmology (the branch of medicine concerned with the eye and its diseases)

Antonym:

hyperopia (abnormal condition in which vision for distant objects is better than for near objects)

Derivation:

myopic (unable to see distant objects clearly)

 Context examples 

A lens generally worn in front of the eye, mainly used to treat myopia, hyperopia, astigmatism, and presbyopia.

(Corrective Lens, NCI Thesaurus)