MYOPIA
\ma͡ɪˈə͡ʊpi͡ə], \maɪˈəʊpiə], \m_aɪ_ˈəʊ_p_iə]\
Definitions of MYOPIA
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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(ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurred
By Princeton University
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(ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurred
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A refractive error in which rays of light entering the eye parallel to the optic axis are brought to a focus in front of the retina, as a result of the eyeball being too long from front to back. It is also called nearsightedness because the near point is less distant than it is in emmetropia with an equal amplitude of accommodation. (Dorland, 27th ed)
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Myopic.
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Short-sightedness; nearsightedness; a condition in which, in consequence of an error in refraction or of elongation of the globe of the eye, parallel rays are focussed in front of the retina.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By James Champlin Fernald
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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Persons who can only see object very near. The defect is owing to the too great convexity of the eye, or too great density of the humours, and is palliated by wearing concave glasses.
By Robley Dunglison
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Near-sightedness; short-sight.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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