MYOPIA

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

(ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurred

Synonyms:

myopia; nearsightedness; shortsightedness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("myopia" is a kind of...):

ametropia ((ophthalmology) faulty refraction of light rays in the eye as in astigmatism or myopia)

Domain category:

ophthalmology (the branch of medicine concerned with the eye and its diseases)

Antonym:

hyperopia (abnormal condition in which vision for distant objects is better than for near objects)

Derivation:

myopic (unable to see distant objects clearly)