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Farsightedness

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Noun

1. farsightedness, presbyopia

a reduced ability to focus on near objects caused by loss of elasticity of the crystalline lens after age 45

2. farsightedness, hypermetropia, hypermetropy, hyperopia, longsightedness

abnormal condition in which vision for distant objects is better than for near objects

3. farsightedness, foresight, prevision, prospicience

seeing ahead; knowing in advance; foreseeing

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Farsightedness

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adjective
1. 
capable of seeing far
2. 
having or showing prudent judgment and foresight
3. 
having better vision for distant objects than for near ones; hyperopic

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Farsightedness

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n.
See hyperopia.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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