Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A natural or acquired condition of the eyes in which the focus (that is, of parallel rays when the accommodation is completely relaxed) falls behind the retina; long-sightedness: the opposite of
myopia . Also hyperopia, hypermet-ropy, and hyperpresbyopia.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Obsolescent 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; -- now most commonly called
hyperopia . Cf.emmetropia .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
hyperopia
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun abnormal condition in which vision for distant objects is better than for near objects
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Predisposing factors include all underlying causes of a narrow anterior chamber such as hypermetropia and cataract.
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In "long sight," or hypermetropia both the near and far point of vision are concerned, and there is no distinct vision at any distance without a strain.
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Minnesota village, I had never heard of adenoids, hypertrophied tonsils, myopia, hypermetropia, or the relation of these defects and of neglected teeth to malnutrition, truancy, sickness, and dullness.
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They also examined other animals, and the same proportion of hypermetropia existed.
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In the eyes of the guinea pig about the same proportion of hypermetropia existed.
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There is a high degree of hypermetropia in each eye, the R. has nearly 6.0 D and the L. about 5.0 D.
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Associate Professor at the Camera Culture Lab, Ramesh Raskar, who led the project, said the device can be mass-produced for less than $2 a piece and used to diagnose myopia, hypermetropia and astigmatism.
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By retrofitting a Nexus One with a microlens array or pin-hole array and then shooting beams of light into a person's eye, they can figure out whether you have myopia, hypermetropia or astigmatism and, if so, how bad it is.
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Even though Kumar had long-sightedness (hypermetropia) since birth, it wasn't discovered early enough.
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