hyperopia

noun

hy·​per·​opia ˌhī-pə-ˈrō-pē-ə 

: 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 : farsightedness

hyperopic

ˌhī-pə-ˈrō-pik  -ˈrä- 

adjective

Examples of hyperopia in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Untreated hyperopia can lead to the development of a lazy eye (amblyopia) or additional vision loss. —Kelly Burch, Verywell Health, 11 July 2024

Some people with hyperopia can have their vision surgically corrected. —Kelly Burch, Verywell Health, 11 July 2024

Contact lenses can be worn to correct a variety of vision conditions, such as myopia, or nearsightedness; hyperopia, or farsightedness; and astigmatism. —Tiffany Yannetta, Seventeen, 26 Oct. 2018

Of the overall cases, 69 percent arose from simple uncorrected refractive errors, which include myopia (nearsightedness), hyperopia (farsightedness) and astigmatism (blurry vision up close, far away or both). —By Sue Arrowsmith, miamiherald, 24 July 2017

Word History

Etymology

New Latin

First Known Use

1884, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

hyperopia

noun

hy·​per·​opia ˌhī-pə-ˈrō-pē-ə 

: 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, hypermetropia

hyperopic

-ˈrō-pik  -ˈräp-ik 

adjective