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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.
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- Nearsightedness
- Myopias
- Nearsightednesses
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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MYOPIA, DEGENERATIVE is also available
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Myopia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D009216. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D009216
- Myopia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myopia
- Myopia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q168403