hyperopia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A disorder of the vision where the eye focuses images behind the retina instead of on it, so that distant objects can be seen better than near objects.

hyperopia hyperopias

From hyper- + -opia.

farsightedness hypermetropia hypermetropy

myopia

astigmatism emmetropia presbyopia myopia

compound hyperopia hyperope hyperopic simple hyperopia

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