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hyperopia

hyperopia noun: a disorder of the vision where the eye focuses images behind the retina instead of on it, so that distant objects can be seen better than near objects.

Noun

hyperopia (countable and uncountable, plural hyperopias)

  1. A disorder of the vision where the eye focuses images behind the retina instead of on it, so that distant objects can be seen better than near objects.
    Antonyms:
    myopia

Synonyms of hyperopia

Antonyms

Forms of hyperopia

pluralhyperopias

Origin of hyperopia

From hyper- + -opia.

Words formed from hyperopia

Questions about hyperopia

What does hyperopia mean?
Hyperopia means a disorder of the vision where the eye focuses images behind the retina instead of on it, so that distant objects can be seen better than near objects.
What part of speech is hyperopia?
Hyperopia is a noun.
What is the plural of hyperopia?
The plural of hyperopia is hyperopias.

Words near hyperopia in the dictionary

  1. hyperoperation
  2. hyperoperations
  3. hyperoperator
  4. hyperoperators
  5. hyperopes
  6. hyperopia
  7. hyperopias
  8. hyperopic
  9. hyperopically
  10. hyperopization
  11. hyperoptic

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