3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Myopia \My*o"pi*a\, n. [NL. See {Myope}.] (Med.) Nearsightedness; shortsightedness; a condition of the eye in which the rays from distant object are brought to a focus before they reach the retina, and hence form an indistinct image; while the rays from very near objects are normally converged so as to produce a distinct image. It is corrected by the use of a concave lens. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: ametropia \am`e*tro"pi*a\ ([a^]m`[-e]*tr[=o]"p[i^]*[.a]), n. [Gr. 'a`metros irregular + 'w`ps, 'wpo`s, eye.] (Med.) A visual impairment resulting from faulty refraction of light rays in the eye. Subtypes include {myopia} {astigmatism} and {hyperopia}. -- {Am`e*trop"ic} ([a^]m`[-e]*tr[o^]p"[i^]k), a. AS [1913 Webster +PJC] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: myopia n : (ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurred [syn: {nearsightedness}, {shortsightedness}] [ant: {hyperopia}]
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