myopia
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1. (ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurred (noun.state)
| hypernym | : | ametropia, |
| definition | : | (ophthalmology) faulty refraction of light rays in the eye as in astigmatism or myopia (noun.state) |
| domain category | : | ophthalmology, |
| definition | : | the branch of medicine concerned with the eye and its diseases (noun.cognition) |
| antonym | : | farsightedness, hypermetropia, hypermetropy, hyperopia, longsightedness, |
| definition | : | abnormal condition in which vision for distant objects is better than for near objects (noun.state) |
| derivation | : | myopic, nearsighted, shortsighted, |
| definition | : | unable to see distant objects clearly (adj.all) |
| antonym | : | farsightedness, hypermetropia, hypermetropy, hyperopia, longsightedness, |
| definition | : | abnormal condition in which vision for distant objects is better than for near objects (noun.state) |
| derivation | : | myopic, nearsighted, shortsighted, |
| definition | : | unable to see distant objects clearly (adj.all) |
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