hyperopia

English

Etymology

From hyper- +‎ -opia.

Noun

hyperopia (countable and uncountable, plural hyperopias)

1. (pathology) 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.

   Antonym: myopia

Synonyms

• farsightedness
• hypermetropia
• hypermetropy

Derived terms

• compound hyperopia
• hyperope
• hyperopic
• simple hyperopia

 

Translations

disorder of the vision — see farsightedness

See also

• astigmatism
• emmetropia
• presbyopia
• myopia