What does myopia mean?

Myopia (from Greek: 渭蠀蠅蟺委伪 myopia "near-sightedness"), also called near- or short-sightedness, is a refractive defect of the eye in which collimated light produces image focus in front of the retina when accommodation is relaxed.

Those with myopia see nearby objects clearly but distant objects appear blurred. With myopia, the eyeball is too long, or the cornea is too steep, so images are focused in the vitreous inside the eye rather than on the retina at the back of the eye. The opposite defect of myopia is hyperopia or "farsightedness" or "long-sightedness" 鈥?this is where the cornea is too flat or the eye is too short.

short sighted

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