Editing Myopia (section)

==Etymology==
The term ''myopia'' is of [[Koine Greek]] origin: {{lang|grc|μυωπία}} {{transliteration|grc|myōpia}} {{gloss|short-sight}} and {{lang|grc|μυωπίασις}} ({{transliteration|grc|myōpiasis}}) {{gloss|short-sight-ness}}. It is derived from the [[ancient Greek]] {{lang|grc|μύωψ}} ({{transliteration|grc|myōps}}) {{gloss|short-sighted}} (man), from {{lang|grc|μύειν}} ({{transliteration|grc|myein}}) {{gloss|to shut the eyes}} and {{lang|grc|ὤψ}} ({{transliteration|grc|ōps}}) {{gloss|eye, look, sight}} (<small>[[Genitive|GEN]]</small> {{lang|grc|ὠπός}} ({{transliteration|grc|ōpos}})).<ref>{{LSJ|muwpi/a|μυωπία}}, {{LSJ|muwpi/asis|μυωπίασις}}, {{LSJ|mu/wy|μύωψ}}, {{LSJ|mu/w|μύειν}}, {{LSJ|w)/y|ὤψ|ref}}.</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Etymological Dictionary of Greek|others=With the assistance of Lucien van Beek| vauthors = Robert B |author-link=Robert S. P. Beekes|pages=988–9|year=2010|location=Leiden, Boston |publisher=Brill |isbn=9789004174184 |volume=2|series=Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greek-language.gr/greekLang/modern_greek/tools/lexica/triantafyllides/search.html?lq=%CE%BC%CF%85%CF%89%CF%80%CE%AF%CE%B1&dq=|language=el|title=μυωπία|website=Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek. Institute for Modern Greek Studies of the Artistotle University of Thessaloniki|access-date=19 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{OED2|myopia}}</ref><ref>{{OEtymD|myopia}}</ref> The opposite of ''myopia'' in English is ''hypermetropia'', or [[far-sightedness]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=WebMD |first=Editorial |title=Hyperopia (Farsightedness) |url=https://www.webmd.com/eye-health/farsightedness |access-date=2023-10-25 |website=WebMD |language=en}}</ref>