myopia

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μυωπία (muōpía, “shortsightedness”), from μύω (múō, “to shut, close”) +‎ ὤψ (ṓps, “eye”) +‎ -ία (-ía).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /maɪˈəʊ.pɪ.ə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /maɪˈoʊ.pi.ə/

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• Rhymes: -əʊpiə

Noun

myopia (countable and uncountable, plural myopias)

1. (pathology) A disorder of the vision where distant objects appear blurred because the eye focuses their images in front of the retina instead of on it.

   Synonyms: shortsightedness, nearsightedness

   Antonym: hyperopia

   Coordinate term: presbyopia

   • 2015 March 15, Elie Dolgin, “The myopia boom”, in Nature‎:

     The modern rise in myopia mirrored a trend for children in many countries to spend more time engaged in reading, studying or — more recently — glued to computer and smartphone screens.

2. (figurative) A lack of imagination, discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning.

Derived terms

• anisomyopia
• compound myopia
• heteromyopia
• isomyopia
• myope
• myopiagenic
• myopic
• myopically
• myopist
• myopization
• pseudomyopia
• simple myopia

Translations

disorder of the vision — see nearsightedness

lack of imagination, discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Armenian: կարճատեսություն (hy) (karčatesutʻyun) Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Dutch: kortzichtigheid (nl) f Finnish: lyhytnäköisyys (fi) French: myope (fr) m or f German: Kurzsichtigkeit (de) f Hindi: please add this translation if you can Korean: please add this translation if you can Macedonian: кратковидост f (kratkovidost), кусогледост f (kusogledost) Persian: please add this translation if you can Russian: близору́кость (ru) f (blizorúkostʹ) Slovak: krátkozrakosť Spanish: miopía (es) f Swedish: kortsiktighet (sv) c Vietnamese: sự thiển cận

See also

• astigmatism
• emmetropia

Further reading

• near-sightedness on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (see English myopia).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmyopiɑ/, [ˈmyo̞ˌpiɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -iɑ
• Syllabification^(key): my‧o‧pi‧a
• Hyphenation^(key): myo‧pia

Noun

myopia

1. (pathology) myopia

Declension

Inflection of myopia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		myopia	myopiat
genitive		myopian	myopioiden myopioitten
partitive		myopiaa	myopioita
illative		myopiaan	myopioihin
		singular	plural
nominative		myopia	myopiat
accusative	nom.	myopia	myopiat
	gen.	myopian
genitive		myopian	myopioiden myopioitten myopiain rare
partitive		myopiaa	myopioita
inessive		myopiassa	myopioissa
elative		myopiasta	myopioista
illative		myopiaan	myopioihin
adessive		myopialla	myopioilla
ablative		myopialta	myopioilta
allative		myopialle	myopioille
essive		myopiana	myopioina
translative		myopiaksi	myopioiksi
abessive		myopiatta	myopioitta
instructive		—	myopioin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of myopia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative myopiani myopiani accusative nom. myopiani myopiani gen. myopiani genitive myopiani myopioideni myopioitteni myopiaini rare partitive myopiaani myopioitani inessive myopiassani myopioissani elative myopiastani myopioistani illative myopiaani myopioihini adessive myopiallani myopioillani ablative myopialtani myopioiltani allative myopialleni myopioilleni essive myopianani myopioinani translative myopiakseni myopioikseni abessive myopiattani myopioittani instructive — — comitative — myopioineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative myopiasi myopiasi accusative nom. myopiasi myopiasi gen. myopiasi genitive myopiasi myopioidesi myopioittesi myopiaisi rare partitive myopiaasi myopioitasi inessive myopiassasi myopioissasi elative myopiastasi myopioistasi illative myopiaasi myopioihisi adessive myopiallasi myopioillasi ablative myopialtasi myopioiltasi allative myopiallesi myopioillesi essive myopianasi myopioinasi translative myopiaksesi myopioiksesi abessive myopiattasi myopioittasi instructive — — comitative — myopioinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative myopiamme myopiamme accusative nom. myopiamme myopiamme gen. myopiamme genitive myopiamme myopioidemme myopioittemme myopiaimme rare partitive myopiaamme myopioitamme inessive myopiassamme myopioissamme elative myopiastamme myopioistamme illative myopiaamme myopioihimme adessive myopiallamme myopioillamme ablative myopialtamme myopioiltamme allative myopiallemme myopioillemme essive myopianamme myopioinamme translative myopiaksemme myopioiksemme abessive myopiattamme myopioittamme instructive — — comitative — myopioinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative myopianne myopianne accusative nom. myopianne myopianne gen. myopianne genitive myopianne myopioidenne myopioittenne myopiainne rare partitive myopiaanne myopioitanne inessive myopiassanne myopioissanne elative myopiastanne myopioistanne illative myopiaanne myopioihinne adessive myopiallanne myopioillanne ablative myopialtanne myopioiltanne allative myopiallenne myopioillenne essive myopiananne myopioinanne translative myopiaksenne myopioiksenne abessive myopiattanne myopioittanne instructive — — comitative — myopioinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative myopiansa myopiansa accusative nom. myopiansa myopiansa gen. myopiansa genitive myopiansa myopioidensa myopioittensa myopiainsa rare partitive myopiaansa myopioitaan myopioitansa inessive myopiassaan myopiassansa myopioissaan myopioissansa elative myopiastaan myopiastansa myopioistaan myopioistansa illative myopiaansa myopioihinsa adessive myopiallaan myopiallansa myopioillaan myopioillansa ablative myopialtaan myopialtansa myopioiltaan myopioiltansa allative myopialleen myopiallensa myopioilleen myopioillensa essive myopianaan myopianansa myopioinaan myopioinansa translative myopiakseen myopiaksensa myopioikseen myopioiksensa abessive myopiattaan myopiattansa myopioittaan myopioittansa instructive — — comitative — myopioineen myopioinensa

Synonyms

• likinäkö
• likinäköisyys

Portuguese

Noun

myopia f (uncountable)

1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of miopia