/muy oh"pee euh/ , n.
1. Opthalm. a condition of the eye in which parallel rays are focused in front of the retina, objects being seen distinctly only when near to the eye; nearsightedness (opposed to hyperopia ).
2. lack of foresight or discernment; obtuseness.
3. narrow-mindedness; intolerance.
[ 1685-95; myopía, equiv. to myop- (s. of mýops ) near-sighted, lit., blinking ( mý ( ein ) to shut + óps EYE) + -ia -IA ]