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Definition of: myopia
(mī·ō′pē·ə) noun Pathol.
Defect in vision so that objects can be seen distinctly only when very near the eye; near-sightedness due to focusing of images in front of instead of on the retina. Also my·o·py (mī′ə·pē). [<NL]
—my·op′ic (-op′ik) adjective
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