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語源

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μυωπία (muōpía, “shortsightedness”), from μύω (múō, “to shut, close”) +‎ ὤψ (ṓps, “eye”) +‎ -ία (-ía).

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /maɪˈəʊ.pɪ.ə/
• (米国発音) IPA: /maɪˈoʊ.pi.ə/
• 韻: -əʊpiə

名詞

myopia (countable and uncountable, plural myopias)

1. (pathology) 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.

   Synonyms: shortsightedness, nearsightedness

   Antonym: hyperopia

   Coordinate term: presbyopia

   • 2015 March 15, Elie Dolgin, “The myopia boom”, in Nature‎:

     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.

2. (figurative) A lack of imagination, discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning.

派生語

参考

• astigmatism
• emmetropia