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My`o´pi`a
| n. | 1. | (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. |
| Noun | 1. |  myopia - (ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurredSynonyms: nearsightedness, shortsightedness Antonyms: farsightedness, hypermetropia, hypermetropy, hyperopia, longsightedness - abnormal condition in which vision for distant objects is better than for near objects |