- miopía
- f.nearsightedness, near-sightedness, short sight, shortsightedness.* * *miopía► nombre femenino1 short-sightedness* * *SF short-sightedness, near-sightedness (EEUU), myopia frm* * *femeninoa) (Med, Ópt) myopia (tech), nearsightedness (AmE), short-sightedness (BrE)b) (falta de perspicacia) shortsightedness* * *= 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.* * *femeninoa) (Med, Ópt) myopia (tech), nearsightedness (AmE), short-sightedness (BrE)b) (falta de perspicacia) shortsightedness* * *= 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.* * *miopíafeminine1 (Med, Ópt) myopia (tech), nearsightedness (AmE), short-sightedness (BrE)2 (falta de perspicacia) shortsightednessmiopía política political shortsightedness* * *
miopía sustantivo femeninoa) (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
* * *miopía nf1. [en la visión] short-sightedness, Espec myopia2. [falta de perspicacia] short-sightedness* * *miopíaf near-sightedness, short-sightedness* * *miopía nf: myopia, nearsightedness
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.