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#REDIRECT [[Blur#Defocus as a stimulus for eye length changes]]
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'''Myopic defocus''' is the technical term used by research papers to describe the [[blur#Myopic_vs_Hyperopic_Blur|blur]] caused by having the light focused in front of the retina. This is the typical symptom of uncorrected [[myopia]] (short-sightedness).  Myopic blur can be induced by [[reduced lenses]] for [[myopes]] or [[plus lenses]] and looking in the distance.
 
Studies in animal subjects have shown it to induce compensatory axial shortening<ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0014483522002676?via%3Dihub Chromatically simulated myopic blur counteracts a myopiagenic environment</ref> (hyperopia). It is the underlying mechanism  exploited for the [[reduced lens method]]'s myopia reduction.
 
Appropriate amounts of myopic defocus when paired with a conducive environment induce axial shortening. Excessive myopic defocus or form deprivation (such as blur from diffusers) tend to induce [[axial elongation]], just like hyperopic defocus, or may result in no changes, which is called [[Blur adaptation]].
 
==See Also==
* [[Blur]]
* [[Hyperopic defocus]]
* [[Peripheral myopic defocus]]
 
==References==
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