hyperopia

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Presbyopia is a deficit similar to a different type of farsightedness called hyperopia caused by an eyeball that is too short.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Farsightedness, or hyperopia, is the inability to see close objects and is corrected with a converging lens to increase power.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

Farsightedness, or hyperopia, is the inability to see close objects clearly while distant objects may be clear.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

In myopia and hyperopia, the corrective lenses produce images at a distance that the person can see clearly—the far point and near point, respectively.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

He wore spectacles to correct a slight hyperopia, and they had heavy black rims because he knew his patients expected it.

From Freudian Slip by Abel, Franklin