miopía

f.

nearsightedness, near-sightedness, short sight, shortsightedness.

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miopía

► nombre femenino

1 short-sightedness

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SF short-sightedness, near-sightedness (EEUU), myopia frm

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femenino

a) (Med, Ópt) myopia (tech), nearsightedness (AmE), short-sightedness (BrE)

b) (falta de perspicacia) shortsightedness

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= shortsightedness, nearsightedness [near-sightedness], myopia.

Ex. The author laments the demise of the paper card catalogue as a 'paroxysm of shortsightedness and antiintellectualism' on the part of over zealous librarians, wreaking destruction in a class with the burning of the library at Alexandria.

Ex. The seers -- the sybils and prophets -- of Michelangelo's Sistine Ceiling reveal imperfections of bodily sight (such as near- and far-sightedness), emphasizing their spiritual foresight.

Ex. Among the refractive errors, myopia is a leading cause of visual impairment throughout the world and its prevalence is on the increase.

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femenino

a) (Med, Ópt) myopia (tech), nearsightedness (AmE), short-sightedness (BrE)

b) (falta de perspicacia) shortsightedness

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= shortsightedness, nearsightedness [near-sightedness], myopia.

Ex: The author laments the demise of the paper card catalogue as a 'paroxysm of shortsightedness and antiintellectualism' on the part of over zealous librarians, wreaking destruction in a class with the burning of the library at Alexandria.

Ex: The seers -- the sybils and prophets -- of Michelangelo's Sistine Ceiling reveal imperfections of bodily sight (such as near- and far-sightedness), emphasizing their spiritual foresight.

Ex: Among the refractive errors, myopia is a leading cause of visual impairment throughout the world and its prevalence is on the increase.

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miopía

feminine

1 (Med, Ópt) myopia (tech), nearsightedness (AmE), short-sightedness (BrE)

2 (falta de perspicacia) shortsightedness

miopía política political shortsightedness

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miopía sustantivo femenino

a) (Med, Ópt) myopia (tech), nearsightedness (AmE), short-sightedness (BrE)

b) (falta de perspicacia) shortsightedness

miopía sustantivo femenino short-sightedness
'miopía' also found in these entries:
English:
myopia
- near-sightedness
- short-sightedness

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miopía nf

1. [en la visión] short-sightedness, Espec myopia

2. [falta de perspicacia] short-sightedness

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miopía

f near-sightedness, short-sightedness

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miopía nf

: myopia, nearsightedness