HYPEROPIA


Meaning of HYPEROPIA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌhī-pə-ˈrō-pē-ə ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin

Date: 1884

: a condition in which visual images come to a focus behind the retina of the eye and vision is better for distant than for near objects — called also farsightedness

• hy·per·opic -ˈrō-pik, -ˈrä- adjective

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.