HYPEROPIA

Hyperopia

Hyperopia, commonly known as being farsighted, being longsighted, or hypermetropia, is a defect of vision caused by an imperfection in the eye, causing difficulty focusing on near objects, and in extreme cases causing a sufferer to be unable to focus on objects at any distance. As an object moves toward the eye, the eye must increase its optical power to keep the image in focus on the retina. If the power of the cornea and lens is insufficient, as in hyperopia, the image will appear blurred.

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hyperopia

Noun

  1. 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.


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