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MYOPIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurred
Synonyms:
myopia; nearsightedness; shortsightedness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
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)
