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单词 hyperopia
释义

hyperopia

noun

hy·​per·​opia ˌhī-pə-ˈrō-pē-ə How to pronounce hyperopia (audio)
: a condition in which visual images come to a focus behind the retina of the eye and vision is better for distant than for near objects : farsightedness
hyperopic
ˌhī-pə-ˈrō-pik How to pronounce hyperopia (audio)
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adjective

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Contact lenses can be worn to correct a variety of vision conditions, such as myopia, or nearsightedness; hyperopia, or farsightedness; and astigmatism. Tiffany Yannetta, Seventeen, 26 Oct. 2018 Of the overall cases, 69 percent arose from simple uncorrected refractive errors, which include myopia (nearsightedness), hyperopia (farsightedness) and astigmatism (blurry vision up close, far away or both). By Sue Arrowsmith, miamiherald, 24 July 2017

Word History

Etymology

New Latin

First Known Use

1884, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

hyperopia

noun

hy·​per·​opia ˌhī-pə-ˈrō-pē-ə How to pronounce hyperopia (audio)
: a condition in which visual images come to a focus behind the retina of the eye and vision is better for distant than for near objects

called also farsightedness, hypermetropia

hyperopia

noun

as in presbyopia

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • presbyopia
  • farsightedness
  • hypermetropia
  • myopia
  • nearsightedness
  • astigmatism
  • strabismus
  • diplopia
  • squint
  • eyesight
  • aniseikonia
  • vision
  • sight
  • eye
  • double vision
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