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Hypermetropy
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Hyˊper-me-tro′pi-a
,Hyˊper-met′ro-py
, }Noun.
[NL.
hypermetropia
, fr. Gr. [GREEK] excessive + [GREEK], [GREEK], the eye. See Hypermeter
.] An abnormal condition of the eye in which, through shortness of the eyeball or fault of the refractive media, the rays of light come to a focus behind the retina, making vision for distant objects better than for near objects; farsightedness; – now most commonly called
hyperopia
. Cf. Emmetropia
. [Obsolescent]
Syn. – hyperopia, farsightedness, longsightedness.
– Hyˊper-me-trop′ic
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, Adj.