Concept information
Preferred term
Myopia
Type
-
Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
Entry terms
- Nearsightedness
- Nearsightednesses
Note
- MYOPIA, DEGENERATIVE is also available
Scope note
- A refractive error in which rays of light entering the EYE parallel to the optic axis are brought to a focus in front of the RETINA when accommodation (ACCOMMODATION, OCULAR) is relaxed. This results from an overly curved CORNEA or from the eyeball being too long from front to back. It is also called nearsightedness.
In other languages
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Finnish
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likinäköisyys
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myopi (närsynthet)
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myopia
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Swedish
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Myopi
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D009216
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