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myopia

myopia

Top: myopic vision

Bottom: corrected vision

The American Heritage® Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

myopia

myopia

top: When the focal point (f) of light falls in front of the retina, vision is blurred.

bottom: A concave-shaped lens corrects the defect by focusing light on the retina.

Cecile Duray-Bito
The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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