hyperopia

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hyperopia

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From hyper- + -opia.

noun hyperopias

countable, uncountable A disorder of the vision where the eye focuses images behind the retina instead of on it, so that distant objects can be seen better than near objects.
Similar: farsightedness, hypermetropia, hypermetropy · Opposite: myopia

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@misc{hyperopia_2026,
  title = {hyperopia},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hyperopia},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}