Hyperopia

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • 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.
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  • n. 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.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. An abnormal condition of the eye in which, through shortness of the eyeball or fault of the refractive media, the rays of light come to a focus behind the retina, making vision for distant objects better than for near objects; farsightedness; -- called also hypermetropia. Cf. emmetropia.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Same as hypermetropia.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. abnormal condition in which vision for distant objects is better than for near objects
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    ametropia   
    Cross Reference
    emmetropia    astigmatism    myopia   
    Variant
    hypermetropia    emmetropia   
    Hyponym
    farsightedness    presbyopia   
    Form
    hyperope    hyperopic   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    hypermetropia    farsightedness    long-sightedness    hypermetropy   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Ethiopia    Utopia    cornucopia    myopia    utopia   
     
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