English to English
hypermetropia
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noun (n)
abnormal condition in which vision for distant objects is better than for near objects(noun.state)
source: wordnet30
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.(noun)
source: webster1913