myopia
noun[U]
medicalspecializeduk/maɪˈəʊ.pi.ə/us/maɪˈoʊ.pi.ə/myopianoun[U](SIGHT)
aconditionin which someone cannotclearlyseethings that arefaraway:
近视Hesuffersfromseveremyopia andnervedamagein hisrighteye.
Those with myopia can oftenreadwithoutglassesorlenses.
Synonym
short-sightedness
Opposite
hyperopia
- Research hassuggestedthatchildrenwhoplaysportare lesssusceptibleto myopia.
- Myopia iscausedwhen theeyeballgrowstoolong,causinglighttofocusinfrontof theretina.
- Noevidencewasfoundthatvisualtraininghas anyeffecton theprogressionof myopia.
Eyesight, glasses & lenses
- accommodative
- afterimage
- age-related macular degeneration
- AMD
- astigmatic
- bespectacled
- bifocals
- boss-eyed
- dark glasses
- eyestrain
- goggles
- macular degeneration
- monocular
- multifocal
- naked
- nearsightedly
- ophthalmology
- pince-nez
- snow blindness
- sty
myopianoun[U](NOT THINKING)
thefactof notthinkingenough about how anactionwillaffectthefuture, or anexampleof this:
People's myopia oftenblindedthem fromseeingthebiggerpicture.
It is anotherexampleofdisturbingmyopia.
Synonym
short-sightedness(THOUGHT)
- He hascertainlybeenaccusedof myopia himself attimes.
- The firstpartof thecenturyoffersavividillustrationof that myopia.
- How is it thatmoralmyopia ormoralmuteness aboutethicalissuesofconfidentialityinmediationmight beaddressed?
Narrow-minded
- be set inyourwaysidiom
- be wearing blindersidiom
- be wearing blinkersidiom
- blinder
- blinker
- blinkered
- closed-minded
- intolerantly
- myopic
- narrow-minded
- narrow-mindedness
- non-thinking
- parochial
- prissy
- prude
- prudish
- prudishly
- prudishness
- tunnel vision
- unthinking