myopia

maɪˈəʊpiə

Definition

Definition of myopia - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

medical

TECH.

eye condition causing blurred distant vision

TECH.

Myopia affects many people around the world.

nearsightedness

shortsightedness

figurativelack of foresight or intellectual insight

The company's myopia led to significant losses in the market.

narrow-mindedness

shortsightedness

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Expressions with myopia

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market myopia

focus on short-term sales over long-term growth

Market myopia led to the company's decline in innovation.

index myopia

focus on indices ignoring broader market trends

Index myopia led investors to miss emerging market opportunities.

Origin of myopia

Greek, myops (short-sighted)

Terms with myopia included in their meaning

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ametropic

adj.

eye condition

relating to eyes with unfocused images from refractive errors like myopia

radial keratotomy

eye surgery

surgical procedure to correct myopia by altering cornea shape

Examples of myopia in a sentence

Children with myopia may struggle to see the board in class.
Their political myopia prevented them from seeing the bigger picture.
Educational myopia can hinder a student's overall development.

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French:myopie, ...
German:Kurzsichtigkeit, ...
Italian:miopia, ...
Spanish:miopía, ...
Portuguese:miopia, falta de visão, ...
Chinese:近视, 目光短浅, ...
Japanese:近視, 近視眼的な考え, ...
Arabic:قَصَرُ النَّظَرِ, قصر نظر, ...
Hebrew:קֹצֶר רְאִיָּיה, עִיוְרוֹן מַחְשַׁבְתִּי, ...
Russian:близорукость, недальновидность, ...
Ukrainian:міопія, недалекоглядність, ...
Hindi:निकट दृष्टि दोष, अल्पदृष्टि, ...
Bengali:নিকটদৃষ্টি, দূরদৃষ্টির অভাব, ...
Catalan:miopia, miopia intel.lectual, ...
Czech:krátkozrakost, omezenost, ...
Danish:nærsynethed, kortsynethed, ...
Dutch:bijziendheid, kortzichtigheid, ...
Greek:μυωπία, ...
Hungarian:rövidlátás, szűklátókörűség, ...
Khmer:ជំងឺភ្នែកខ្សោយ, ភាពខ្វះចក្ខុវិស័យ, ...
Korean:근시, 근시안적 사고, ...
Persian:نزدیک‌بینی, کوته‌نظری, ...
Polish:krótkowzroczność, ...
Portuguese (BR):miopia, falta de visão, ...
Romanian:miopie, miopie intelectuală, ...
Swedish:närsynthet, kortsynthet, ...
Thai:ภาวะสายตาสั้น, การมองการณ์สั้น, ...
Turkish:miyopi, dar görüşlülük, ...
Vietnamese:cận thị, tính thiển cận, ...

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