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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) hyperopia
a condition of the eye in which parallel rays are focused behind the retina, distant objects being seen more distinctly than near ones; farsightedness

Etymology: (1880–85)

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Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) hyperopia, hypermetropia, hypermetropy, farsightedness, longsightedness
abnormal condition in which vision for distant objects is better than for near objects

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Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) hyperopia
hypermetropia

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U.S. National Library of Medicine

1. hyperopia
A refractive error in which rays of light entering the eye parallel to the optic axis are brought to a focus behind the retina, as a result of the eyeball being too short from front to back. It is also called farsightedness because the near point is more distant than it is in emmetropia with an equal amplitude of accommodation. (Dorland, 27th ed)

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