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noun Hyperopia n. 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. Synonyms: hypermetropia, farsightedness, longsightedness.
Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48
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