Complete Definition of "hyperopia"

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Noun
hyperopia

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

Synonyms
farsightedness
hypermetropia
hypermetropy

Derived terms
hyperope
hyperopic

See also
astigmatism
emmetropia
myopia

Translations
trans-top|disorder of the vision
Czech: dalekozrakost f
trans-mid
trans-bottom

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