'Myopia' definitions:
Definition of 'myopia'
(from WordNet)
noun
(ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurred [syn: myopia, nearsightedness, shortsightedness] [ant: farsightedness, hypermetropia, hypermetropy, hyperopia, longsightedness]
Definition of 'Myopia'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]