Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun nearsightedness

1 sense of nearsightedness

Sense 1
myopia, nearsightedness, shortsightedness -- ((ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurred)
       => ametropia -- ((ophthalmology) faulty refraction of light rays in the eye as in astigmatism or myopia)