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hypermetropia
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noun (n)
- abnormal condition in which vision for distant objects is better than for near objects(noun.state)Synonym:
farsightedness, hypermetropy, hyperopia, longsightedness
Antonym:
myopia, nearsightedness, shortsightednesssource: wordnet30 - A 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; farsightedness; -- called also hyperopia. Cf. Emmetropia.(noun)source: webster1913