A visual defect in which distant objects appear blurred because their images are focused in front of the retina rather than on it; nearsightedness. Also called short sight.
Lack of discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning: "For Lorca, New York is a symbol of spiritual myopia"(Edwin Honig).
[Greek muōpiā, from muōps, muōp-, nearsighted : mūein, to close the eyes + ōps, eye; see okw- in Indo-European roots.] my·op'ic (-ŏp'ĭk, -ō'pĭk) adj., my·op'i·cal·ly adv.