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HYPEROPIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hyperopia mean?
• HYPEROPIA (noun)
The noun HYPEROPIA has 1 sense:
1. abnormal condition in which vision for distant objects is better than for near objects
Familiarity information: HYPEROPIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Abnormal condition in which vision for distant objects is better than for near objects
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
farsightedness; hypermetropia; hypermetropy; hyperopia; longsightedness
Hypernyms ("hyperopia" is a kind of...):
ametropia ((ophthalmology) faulty refraction of light rays in the eye as in astigmatism or myopia)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hyperopia"):
farsightedness; presbyopia (a reduced ability to focus on near objects caused by loss of elasticity of the crystalline lens after age 45)
Antonym:
myopia ((ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurred)
Derivation:
hyperopic (abnormal ability to focus of distant objects)
Context examples
A lens generally worn in front of the eye, mainly used to treat myopia, hyperopia, astigmatism, and presbyopia.
(Corrective Lens, NCI Thesaurus)
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