Example Sentences

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From the appearance of her eyes in the accompanying photograph, I would suggest that the Judge is hyperopic, not myopic; in other words "farsighted" not "near-sighted."

From Time Magazine Archive

If you're farsighted, or hyperopic, on the other hand, the focal point for distant objects is fine, while the one for close sources actually falls behind the retina.

From Time Magazine Archive

Left eye appears emmetropic, but is decidedly hyperopic.

From Schweigger on Squint A Monograph by Dr. C. Schweigger by Schweigger, C.

I informed the Artist—in French—that a specialist had once remarked upon my hyperopic powers, and that if Corsica were really in sight I could not fail to see it.

From Riviera Towns by Gibbons, Herbert Adams

In the farsighted or hyperopic eye, the eyeball is usually too short for the rays to be properly focused on the sensitive nerve area in the back of the eye.

From The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI) by Winslow, Kenelm