Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Myopia"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Myopia \My*o"pi*a\, n. [NL. See {Myope}.] (Med.)
Nearsightedness; shortsightedness; a condition of the eye in
which the rays from distant object are brought to a focus
before they reach the retina, and hence form an indistinct
image; while the rays from very near objects are normally
converged so as to produce a distinct image. It is corrected
by the use of a concave lens.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
myopia
n : (ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the
eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear
blurred [syn: {nearsightedness}, {shortsightedness}]
[ant: {hyperopia}]
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