myopia
noun/maɪˈəʊ.pɪ.ə/UK/maɪˈoʊ.pi.ə/US
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek μυωπία (muōpía, “shortsightedness”), from μύω (múō, “to shut, close”) + ὤψ (ṓps, “eye”) + -ία (-ía).
- borrowed from μυωπία
Definitions
A disorder of the vision where distant objects appear blurred because the eye focuses…
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.
- 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.
A lack of imagination, discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning.
The neighborhood
- neighborastigmatism
- neighboremmetropia
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for myopia. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA