myopia
/maɪˈəʊ.pɪ.ə//maɪˈoʊ.pi.ə/
myopia noun: a disorder of the vision where distant objects appear blurred because the eye focuses their images in front of the retina instead of on it.
Noun
myopia (countable and uncountable, plural myopias)
- A disorder of the vision where distant objects appear blurred because the eye focuses their images in front of the retina instead of on it.
- The modern rise in myopia mirrored a trend for children in many countries to spend more time engaged in reading, studying or — more recently — glued to computer and smartphone screens.2015 March 15, Elie Dolgin, “The myopia boom”, in Nature
- Synonyms:
- shortsightedness, nearsightedness
- Antonyms:
- hyperopia
- A lack of imagination, discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning.
myopia meaning in Tamil, Kannada and Vietnamese
myopia in Tamil
- கிட்டப்பார்வை, அண்மைப்பார்வை, அண்மைப் பார்வை
myopia in Kannada
- ಸಮೀಪದೃಷ್ಟಿ, ಹತ್ತಿರಕಾಣ್ಕೆ
myopia in Vietnamese
- lack of imagination, discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning
- sự thiển cận
Synonyms of myopia
Antonyms
Forms of myopia
| plural | myopias |
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Origin of myopia
Borrowed from Ancient Greek μυωπία (muōpía, “shortsightedness”), from μύω (múō, “to shut, close”) + ὤψ (ṓps, “eye”) + -ία (-ía).
Words formed from myopia
Words that rhyme with myopia
- Ethiopia
- heterotopia
- dystopia
- anisohypermetropia
- autopia
- ectopia
- erythrochloropia
- euryopia
- eutopia
- gaytopia
- heteromyopia
- hypermetropia
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Questions about myopia
- What does myopia mean?
- Myopia means a disorder of the vision where distant objects appear blurred because the eye focuses their images in front of the retina instead of on it.
- What is myopia in Tamil?
- Myopia in Tamil is கிட்டப்பார்வை, அண்மைப்பார்வை, அண்மைப் பார்வை. See Myopia meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is myopia?
- Myopia is a noun.
- How do you pronounce myopia?
- Myopia is pronounced /maɪˈəʊ.pɪ.ə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of myopia?
- The plural of myopia is myopias.
Words near myopia in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: myopia (page history and authors); myopia (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); myopia (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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