hyperopia
[hahy-per-oh-pee-uh]
noun Ophthalmology.
a condition of the eye in which parallel rays are focused behind the retina, distant objects being seen more distinctly than near ones; farsightedness (opposed to myopia).
Origin of hyperopia
Also called hy·per·me·tro·pi·a [hahy-per-mi-troh-pee-uh] /ˌhaɪ pər mɪˈtroʊ pi ə/.
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Long-sight, or hypermetropia, signifies that the eyeball is too short or the lens too flat.
How it WorksArchibald Williams
Limits of error in the subjective and objective determination of hypermetropia.
Schweigger on SquintC. Schweigger
Ophthalmoscopically with atropine the same degree of hypermetropia.
Schweigger on SquintC. Schweigger
Hypermetropia was found then in 47 per cent of all the cases.
Schweigger on SquintC. Schweigger
Donders declares no other conclusion to be possible, than this, that the hypermetropia is the cause of the squint.
Schweigger on SquintC. Schweigger
hypermetropia
hypermetropy (ˌhaɪpəˈmɛtrəpɪ)
noun
Word Origin for hypermetropia
C19: from Greek hupermetros beyond measure (from hyper- + metron measure) + -opia
hyperopia
noun
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hypermetropia
[hī′pər-mĭ-trō′pē-ə]
n.
hyperopia
[hī′pə-rō′pē-ə]
n.
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