myopia

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Concave lenses are used to correct myopia, and they must be worn all the time.

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  1. noun A visual defect in which distant objects appear blurred because their images are focused in front of the retina rather than on it; nearsightedness. Also called short sight.
  2. noun Lack of discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning: "For Lorca, New York is a symbol of spiritual myopia” (Edwin Honig).

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  • Added to the willful myopia is a mixed, incoherent external political message. —  CommonDreams.org Headlines
  • But as the conversation progressed, we realized that our myopia was misguided.
  • In classic BBC myopia, they can't see that London is no different. —  Anglican Mainstream
  • Hooray For The Men And Women Of Flight 1549 - As we get bombarded each day with the stories of greed, myopia, and incompetence that crippled our economy and financial system, it is easy to get depressed about the state of professionalism in this country. —  Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now
  • LASIK is a type of refractive laser eye surgery performed by ophthalmologists to accurate myopia, hyperopia, and astigmatism. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
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  1. Greek muōpiā, from muōps, muōp-, nearsighted : mūein, to close the eyes + ōps, eye; see okw- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. New Latin, from Late Latin myops, from Greek *μυοπία, also μυωπίασις (Galen), from μύωψ, short-sighted: see myope.
 

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