myopization

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English

Etymology

From myopia +‎ -ization.

Noun

myopization (uncountable)

  1. (medicine) The development of myopia.
    • 2015 August 22, “Association between Ocular Sensory Dominance and Refractive Error Asymmetry”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
      If the development continues into the myopization stage, the dominant eye tends to be more myopic and the non-dominant eye is less myopic.