hypermetropia

noun

Definition of hypermetropianext
as in hyperopia

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  1. hyperopia
  2. farsightedness
  3. presbyopia
  4. myopia
  5. astigmatism
  6. nearsightedness
  7. strabismus
  8. diplopia
Noun
  • Before middle age, the two main vision disorders are myopia and hyperopia, or nearsightedness and farsightedness.
    — E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Farsightedness, also known as hyperopia, is another type of refractive error – but the focusing problem occurs in the opposite direction.
    — Daryl Austin, USA Today, 17 Feb. 2026
Definition of hyperopia
Noun
  • Given that Morocco tends to present itself as being ahead of other countries in the region, a lack of farsightedness over such a basic issue is highly unusual.
    — Simon Hughes, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Indeed, estimates vary depending on age and how hyperopia is measured, but the National Eye Institute reports that farsightedness affects roughly 5% to 10% of Americans today.
    — Daryl Austin, USA Today, 17 Feb. 2026
Definition of farsightedness
Noun
  • Su’s next patient, a seventy-three-year-old woman, had long ago dealt with her presbyopia.
    — E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2026
  • This is due to a condition called presbyopia, whose symptoms include blurriness, headaches and eye strain, according to the Cleveland Clinic.
    — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 18 May 2026
Definition of presbyopia
Noun
  • Establish standards—unit economics, retention, order intake, cash conversion—and discourage short-term EPS guidance that perpetuates the very myopia this reform aims to address.
    — Kunal Kapoor, Fortune, 5 May 2026
  • Still, some laboratories are already experimenting with how exposure to or filtering of certain colors of light might subtly change the progression of myopia.
    — K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 1 Apr. 2026
Definition of myopia
Noun
  • Specifically, doctors may bill patients when using the laser to insert premium lenses or fix astigmatism.
    — Phil Galewitz, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Keratoconus often causes high degrees of irregular astigmatism, which is an imperfection in the curvature of the cornea that leads to blurry vision.
    — Neelam Patadia, The Conversation, 27 May 2026
Definition of astigmatism
Noun
  • Vision problems, particularly nearsightedness, have grown more common among American children.
    — Kristen Hwang, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2026
  • As the project evolved, though, the researchers realized that figuring out how eyes choose which color to see best could also reveal how focusing changes the eye physically, causing conditions such as nearsightedness.
    — K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 1 Apr. 2026
Definition of nearsightedness
Noun
  • The teen now hopes that EYEVA could one day help those with strabismus on a large scale, and perhaps prevent many from needing invasive corrective surgery.
    — Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Barrel Cards The barrel card exercise can help improve symptoms of strabismus (crossed eyes).
    — Laura Schober, Health, 12 Feb. 2025
Definition of strabismus
Noun
  • Along with numerous other broken bones, as well as the psychological and physiological trauma of his recurring episodes of diplopia, his entire career looked to be in jeopardy.
    — Jonathan Hawkins, CNN Money, 11 July 2025
  • Understandably, strabismus is frequently accompanied by diplopia, or double vision.
    — Peter Lewis, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Nov. 2017
Definition of diplopia
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