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Myopia   /maɪˈoʊpiə/   Listen
Myopia

noun
1.
(ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurred.  Synonyms: nearsightedness, shortsightedness.  Antonym: hyperopia.






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"Myopia" Quotes from Famous Books



... understanding who can argue the legs off a cow when duly roused, he seems far too good for a small place like this, where, by the way, he is a newcomer. Maybe his infinite myopia condemns him to relative seclusion and obscurity. He has a European grip of things; of politics and literature and finance. Needless to say, I have discovered his cloven hoof; I make it my business to discover such things; one may ...
— Alone • Norman Douglas

... nine—which was shorter than he looked—with straight brown hair combed straight back and blue eyes which were shielded with steel-rimmed glasses. The thick, double-concave lenses indicated a degree of myopia that must have bordered on total blindness without glasses, and acute tunnel vision, ...
— ...Or Your Money Back • Gordon Randall Garrett



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