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countable and uncountable, plural myopias
(pathology) 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. quotations
The modern rise in myopia mirrored a trend for children in many countries to spend more time engaged in reading, studying or — more recently — glued to computer and smartphone screens.
2015 March 15, Elie Dolgin, “The myopia boom”, in Nature
(figurative) A lack of imagination, discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning. examples