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    HYPEROPIA

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Abnormal condition in which vision for distant objects is better than for near objectsplay

    Synonyms:

    farsightedness; hypermetropia; hypermetropy; hyperopia; longsightedness

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

    Hypernyms ("hyperopia" is a kind of...):

    ametropia ((ophthalmology) faulty refraction of light rays in the eye as in astigmatism or myopia)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hyperopia"):

    farsightedness; presbyopia (a reduced ability to focus on near objects caused by loss of elasticity of the crystalline lens after age 45)

    Antonym:

    myopia ((ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurred)

    Derivation:

    hyperopic (abnormal ability to focus of distant objects)

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