Look up: myopia

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   Myopia
   Myopia, (short-sightedness), is a visual defect that causes blurred distance vision. Except in extreme cases, near vision remains clear. In most myopic people, the eyeball is longer than normal from front to back. As a result, light rays from a distant object meet in front of the retina.
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   myopia
   [n] - (ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye`s faulty refractive ability
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   Myopia
   the eyes can focus very near but cannot focus in the distance.
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   Myopia
   Nearsightedness. Images of distant objects are formed in front of the retina.
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   Myopia
   the medical term for near-sightedness
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   Myopia
   Short sightedness. Also known as “nearsightedness�. It is a condition in which there is blurred vision of distant objects
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   Myopia
   short sightedness
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   Myopia
   Our Myopia Main Article provides a comprehensive look at the who, what, when and how of Myopia Myopia: Nearsightedness, the ability to see close objects more clearly than distant objects. Myopia can be caused by a longer-than-normal eyeball or by any condition that prevents light rays from focusing on the retina. Most forms of myopia can be managed ...
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   Myopia
   My·o'pi·a noun [ New Latin See Myope .] (Medicine) 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.
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    myopia
    <ophthalmology> That error of refraction in which rays of light entering the eye parallel to the optic axis are brought to a focus in front of the retina, as a result of the eyeball being too long from front to back (axial myopia) or of an increased strength in refractive power of the media of the eye (index myopia). ... Also called nearsighte ...
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    myopia
    nearsightedness noun (ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye`s faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurred
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    Myopia
    `Myopia` , also called `near-` or `short-sightedness`, is a refractive defect of the eye in which collimated light produces image focus in front of the retina when accommodation is relaxed. Those with myopia see nearby objects clearly but distant objects appear blurred. With myopia, the eyeball is too long, or the cornea is too steep, so images are focused in the vitreous inside the eye rather than on the retina at the back of the eye. The oppos...
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    myopia
    (M) (mi-o´pe-ә) a defect of vision consisting of an error of refraction in which rays of light entering the eye parallel to the optic axis are brought to a focus in front of the retina, so that vision for near objects is better than for far. This results from the eyeball being too long from ...
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    Myopia
    • (n.) 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.Myopia: word...
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    myopia
    visual abnormality in which the resting eye focuses the image of a distant object at a point in front of the retina (the light-sensitive layer of ... [3 related articles]
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    myopia
    (Gr. myein to shut + -opia) that error of refraction in which rays of light entering the eye parallel to the optic axis are brought to a focus in front of the retina, as a result of the eyeball being too long from front to back (axial m.) or of an increased strength in refractive power of the media of the eye (index m.). Called also nearsightednes...
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    myopia
    That optical condition in which only rays from a finite distance from the eye focus on the retina. Syn: short sight, nearsightedness, shortsightedness, near sight [G. fr. myo, to shut, + ps, eye]
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    myopia
    (near-sightedness) Image © Nucleus Communications, Inc A visual defect in which distant objects appear blurred because their images are focused in front of the retina (the light-sensitive layer at the back of the eye). So-called simple myopia, or near-sightedness...
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    myopia
    myopia: see nearsightedness.
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