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-opia

A word ending that means vision or a condition of the eye.

OH-pee-uh suffix

What it means

The ending in words about how the eyes see. myopiamy-OH-pee-uhNearsightedness: close things are seen clearly but distant things look blurred.my to shut (from squinting)-opia visionFull entry is nearsightedness, hyperopia is farsightedness, presbyopia is the loss of close-up focus with age, diplopiadih-PLOH-pee-uhSeeing two images of a single object; double vision.dipl/o double-opia visionFull entry is double vision, and amblyopia (lazy eye) is reduced vision in one eye from poor use in childhood.

Related terms

diplopia

Seeing two images of a single object; double vision.

myopia

Nearsightedness: close things are seen clearly but distant things look blurred.

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