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noun
A disorder of the vision where the eye focuses images behind the retina instead of on it, so that distant objects can be seen better than near objects.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: myopia
noun
abnormal condition in which vision for distant objects is better than for near objects
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: hypermetropia, hypermetropy, farsightedness, longsightedness
Antonyms: myopia
Broader terms: ametropia
Narrower terms: presbyopia, farsightedness
History
From hyper- + -opia.
