Medical Term for Short-Sightedness

This page is the CodyCross answer for the clue below from Under the sea, Group 21, Puzzle 4.

Question is: Medical Term for Short-Sightedness

and the answer is: MYOPIA

Word Meaning:

MYOPIA — (pathology) A disorder of the vision where distant objects appear blurred because the eye focuses their images in front of the retina instead of on it.

Definitions from Wiktionary.