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hyperopia
CIDE DICTIONARY
hyperopia, n. [NL., fr. Gr. "ype`r over + 'w`ps, 'wpo`s, the eye.].
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. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
hyperopia, n. = HYPERMETROPIA.
Derivative
hyperopic adj.
Etymology
mod.L f. HYPER- + Gk ops eye
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