Etymology

myopia

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Today it means: A disorder of the vision where distant objects appear blurred because the eye focuses their images in front of the retina instead of on it. Full definition →

Ancient Greek μυωπία
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  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromμυωπία“shortsightedness”
  2. English todaymyopia

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μυωπία (muōpía, “shortsightedness”), from μύω (múō, “to shut, close”) + ὤψ (ṓps, “eye”) + -ία (-ía).

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