Myopia, or nearsightedness, is a refractive error where light from distant objects is focused in front of the retina instead of directly on it. This results in distant objects appearing blurred.
Myopia is a defect in human vision where an image of a
Asked in UPSC NDA 2 2021 · Topic: Optics (Optical Instruments: microscopes, telescopes, human eye)
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