hyperopia

English

Etymology

From hyper- +‎ -opia.

Noun

hyperopia (countable and uncountable, plural hyperopias)

  1. (pathology) 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.
    Antonym: myopia

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Translations
disorder of the vision — see farsightedness

See also
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