Synonyms for myopia
maɪˈoʊ pi əmy·opi·a

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1. myopianoun

   Antonyms:
   hyperopia, farsightedness

2. myopianoun

   Antonyms:
   farsightedness, hyperopia

3. myopianoun

   Antonyms:
   hyperopia, farsightedness

4. myopianoun

   Synonyms:
   shortsightedness, nearsightedness

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. myopia, nearsightedness, shortsightednessnoun

   (ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurred

   Synonyms:
   improvidence, nearsightedness, shortsightedness

   Antonyms:
   longsightedness, hyperopia, farsightedness, hypermetropy, hypermetropia

Matched Categories

1. • Ametropia
   • Ophthalmology

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1. List of paraphrases for "myopia":

   short-sightedness, shortsightedness

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. myopia

   Synonyms:
   Hypometropia, near sightedness, near-sightedness, nearsightedness, short sightedness, short-sightedness, shortsightedness

2. myopia

   Synonyms:
   Nearsightedness

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1. Allison Babiuch:

   There are reasons why we don’t want people to have high myopia.

2. Jeremy Guggenheim:

   It’s important to keep in mind that this type of study can never pin-point the precise causes of myopia in the way that is possible using purpose-designed clinical trials, nevertheless, the risk factors that were identified in the new study fit neatly with what has been learned in recent years from such trials.

3. Allison Babiuch:

   It doesn’t stop the progression of myopia, but it slows the progression.

4. Ian Morgan:

   It's a potential way to increase the amount of light, in hopes of preventing myopia and allow kids to continue (their) education without inconvenience for them.

5. Nathan Congdon:

   China has among the highest rates of myopia and it's the only country in the world that does eye exercises, so it's probably not working all that well.