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Recent Examples of hyperopia
Millions more are expected to experience worsening vision due to myopia (nearsightedness) or hyperopia (farsightedness), conditions that can be fixed with glasses, contacts or surgery.
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Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
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
Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hyperopia
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Millions more are expected to experience worsening vision due to myopia (nearsightedness) or hyperopia (farsightedness), conditions that can be fixed with glasses, contacts or surgery.—
Michelle Marchante,
Miami Herald,
2 Jan. 2025
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The machine can see how the eyes are focusing to check for conditions such as nearsightedness, farsightedness and astigmatism.—
Nicole Villalpando,
Austin American-Statesman,
12 Dec. 2024
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In addition to glucose, the companies have been working on a smart accommodating contact lens for presbyopia (the loss of near-focusing ability) and a smart intraocular lens for improving sight following cataract surgery.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
29 Nov. 2018
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When Readers Aren’t Enough Not all eye symptoms people experience in their 40s can be attributed to presbyopia.—
Maggie O'Neill,
Verywell Health,
20 Sep. 2024
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All that and a certain culture of self-congratulation at Choose Chicago and a bit of Midwestern myopia, too.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Apr. 2025
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The Trump administration must move beyond the myopia that has defined American policy for decades and prioritize long-term stability over short-term tactical gains.—
Alexander Vindman,
Foreign Affairs,
27 Mar. 2025
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People with high myopia, who typically need stronger prescriptions for nearsightedness, have a higher risk of developing MMD. Genetics: A family history of high myopia or MMD increases your likelihood of developing the condition.—
Lindsay Curtis,
Health,
6 Apr. 2025
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Overall, each extra hour of daily screen time was associated with a 21 percent higher risk of developing myopia, or nearsightedness, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.—
Tom Gavin,
EverydayHealth.com,
25 Feb. 2025
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Toric lenses: These lenses can also help correct astigmatism (a condition that affects the curve of the cornea or lens).—
Suchandrima Bhowmik,
Health,
23 Mar. 2025
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Prescription eyeglasses correct for focus and perhaps astigmatism, but those are just two ways that wavefronts can be distorted.—
Sidd Bikkannavar,
IEEE Spectrum,
26 Feb. 2010
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Barrel Cards The barrel card exercise can help improve symptoms of strabismus (crossed eyes).—
Laura Schober,
Health,
12 Feb. 2025
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One of his conditions, strabismus,has also been reported by researchers to be behind the genius of Leonardo da Vinci, allowing the painter to perceive the world differently and facilitating his accurate depiction of three-dimensional objects on flat surfaces.—
Maya Davis,
CNN,
4 Aug. 2024
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“Hyperopia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hyperopia. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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