hyperopia
English
Etymology
From hyper- + -opia.
Noun
hyperopia (countable and uncountable, plural hyperopias)
- (pathology) A disorder of the vision where the eye focusses images behind the retina instead of on it, so that distant objects can be seen better than near objects.
Synonyms
- farsightedness
- hypermetropia
- hypermetropy
Derived terms
- hyperope
- hyperopic
Translations
disorder of the vision — see farsightedness
See also
- astigmatism
- emmetropia
- presbyopia
- myopia