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Webster 1913 Edition
Hyperopia
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Hyˊper-o′pi-a
(hīˊpẽr-ō′pĭ-ȧ)
, Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr.
ὑπέρ
over + ὤψ
, ὠπός
, 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
. Hyˊper-op′tic
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, Adj.
Syn. – hypermetropia, farsightedness, longsightedness.