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Definition of Hypermetropy

• (n.) 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.

Synonyms of Hypermetropy

• Hyperopia
• Hypermetropia
• Farsightedness
• Longsightedness

Antonyms of Hypermetropy

• Myopia

Homophones of Hypermetropy