释义 |
‖ hypermetropia Path.|ˌhaɪpəmɪˈtrəʊpɪə| Also in anglicized form hypermetropy |-ˈmɛtrəpɪ|. [mod.L., f. as prec. + -ia -ia1.] An affection of the eye, usually due to a flattened form of the eyeball, in which the focus of parallel rays lies behind instead of on the retina; ‘long-sightedness’.
1868Darwin Anim. & Pl. xii. II. 8 Hypermetropia, or morbidly long sight: in this affection, the organ..is too flat from front to back. 1878T. Bryant Pract. Surg. I. 300 This anomaly is known as hypermetropia or far sight. 1880Le Conte Sight 51 Hypermetropy is the true opposite of Myopy. |