hypermetropy

Noun

Meaning

A 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; farsightedness; -- called also hyperopia. Cf. Emmetropia.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

farsightedness hyperopia hypermetropia longsightedness prevision presbyopia long-sightedness

Antonyms

myopia nearsightedness shortsightedness

Hypernyms

ametropia

Hyponyms

farsightedness presbyopia

Close letter words and terms

hypermetropic hypermetropical hypermetropization hypermigration hypermigratory hypermiler