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- pronunciation:
- maI
o
pi
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
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noun |
| definition 1: |
a visual defect in which distant images are focused in front of rather than on the retina; nearsightedness. (Cf. hyperopia.)
Because of her myopia, she needs glasses to see things at a distance. |
| definition 2: |
mental shortsightedness, or failure to perceive adequately or correctly some effect or consequence.
The problem could have been circumvented if not for the myopia of the politicians. |
adjective + (n.)myopia
academic, acute, certain, classic, cultural, dangerous, extreme, green, ideological, intellectual, liberal, modern, moral, perfect, political, severe, short-term, strategic, temporal, widespread
verb + (n.)myopia
accuse, avoid, cause, contribute, correct, occur, overcome, reveal, suffer
noun + (n.)myopia
alcohol,
arrogance,
astigmatism,
band,
correction,
decay,
discovery,
example,
focus,
foresight,
future,
glass,
glaucoma,
hyperopia,
lack,
lens,
marketer,
marketing,
nearsightedness,
prescription,
scope,
soothe,
vision
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The word myopia
contains the following part:
op, ops, opt, opto, ophthalm, ophthalmo, -opia, -opsy
Greek
root
that means eye, visual condition, vision, sight, inspection
  Example words:
ametropia, autopsy, biopsy, coreopsis, cyclops, diopter, exophthalmos, hemeralopia, hypermetropia, hyperopia, metopic, myopia, nyctalopia, ophthalmia, ophthalmic, ophthalmology, ophthalmoscope, optic, optical, optician, optics, optometrist, optometry, photopia, rhodopsin, scotopia, synopsis
- synonyms:
- ocul
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