myopia

Definition: (noun) A visual defect in which distant objects appear blurred because their images are focused in front of the retina rather than on it; nearsightedness.

Synonyms: nearsightedness, shortsightedness.

Usage: By the time she was 30, her myopia had gotten so bad that she was declared legally blind.
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