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myopia

top: normal eye with light focused on the retinabottom:myopic eye with light focused in front of the retina

my·o·pi·a

(mī-ō′pē-ə)

1. A visual defect in which distant objects appear blurred because their images are focused in front of the retina rather than on it. Also called nearsightedness, short sight.

2. Lack of discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning: "For Lorca, New York is a symbol of spiritual myopia" (Edwin Honig).

[Greek muōpiā, from muōps, muōp-, nearsighted : mūein, to close the eyes + ōps, eye; see ok^w- in Indo-European roots.]

my·op′ic (-ŏp′ĭk, -ō′pĭk) adj.

my·op′i·cal·ly adv.

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Adj.	1.	myopic - unable to see distant objects clearly nearsighted, shortsighted
	2.	myopic - lacking foresight or scope; "a short view of the problem"; "shortsighted policies"; "shortsighted critics derided the plan"; "myopic thinking" shortsighted, unforesightful, short improvident - not provident; not providing for the future

myopic

adjective

1. short-sighted, narrow, unimaginative, narrow-minded, small-minded, unadventurous, near-sighted The government still has a myopic attitude to spending.

2. short-sighted, near-sighted, as blind as a bat (informal) Rhinos are thick-skinned, myopic and love to wallow in mud.

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Translations

قَصير النَّظَر

krátkozraký

kurzsichtigmyopmyopisch

likinäköinen

nærsÿnn

miyopuzakgörmez

myopic

[maɪˈɒpɪk] ADJ (frm) → miope

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myopic

[maɪˈɒpɪk] adj

[person] → myope

[view] → étroit(e)

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myopic

adj → kurzsichtig

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myopic

[maɪˈɒpɪk] adj → miope

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myopia

(maiˈoupiə) noun

short-sightedness. She suffers from myopia.

myˈopic (-ˈo-) adjective

a myopic old lady; a myopic condition; She's slightly myopic.

my·op·ic

a. miope.

1. que padece de miopía;

2. rel. a la miopía.

myopic

adj miope, corto de vista, que tiene dificultad para ver los objetos lejanos

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