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Hyperopia

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Noun

1. farsightedness, hypermetropia, hypermetropy, hyperopia, longsightedness

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Hyperopia

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noun
inability to see near objects clearly because the images received by the eye are focused behind the retina; long-sightedness
. Also called: hypermetropia, hypermetropy Compare myopia, presbyopia

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Hyperopia

see synonyms of hyperopia
noun
abnormal vision in which the rays of light are focused behind the retina, so that distant objects are seen more clearly than near ones; farsightedness

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

Hyperopia

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n.
An abnormal condition of the eye in which vision is better for distant objects than for near objects. It results from the eyeball being too short from front to back, causing images to be focused behind the retina. Also called farsightedness, hypermetropia.

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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