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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 objectsplay

  Familiarity information: HYPEROPIA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HYPEROPIA (noun)


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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