hyperopia
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(hī″pĕr-ō′pē-ă)

[″ + ops, eye]
Farsightedness; a defect in vision in which parallel rays come to a focus behind the retina as a result of flattening of the globe of the eye or of an error in refraction. Symptoms include ocular fatigue and poor vision.
SYN: SEE: hypermetropia
SEE: emmetropia for illus
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(hī″pĕr-ō′pē-ă)

[″ + ops, eye]
Farsightedness; a defect in vision in which parallel rays come to a focus behind the retina as a result of flattening of the globe of the eye or of an error in refraction. Symptoms include ocular fatigue and poor vision.
SYN: SEE: hypermetropia
SEE: emmetropia for illus
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Hyperopia." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central Redesign, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/736628/all/facultative_hyperopia.
Hyperopia. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/736628/all/facultative_hyperopia. Accessed August 18, 2022.
Hyperopia. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th edition). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/736628/all/facultative_hyperopia
Hyperopia [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2022 August 18]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/736628/all/facultative_hyperopia.
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