Webster's 1913 Dictionary
HYPERMETROPIA; HYPERMETROPY
Hy `per *me *tro "pi *a, Hy `per *met "ro *py, n. Etym: [NL. hypermetropia, fr. Gr. Hypermeter. ]
Defn: A condition of the eye in which, through shortness of the eyeball or fault of the refractive media, the rays of light come to a focus behind the retina; farsightedness; -- called also hyperopia. Cf. Emmetropia.
Note: In hypermetropia, vision for distant objects, although not better absolutely, is better than that for near objects, and hence, the individual is said to be farsighted. It is corrected by the use of convex glasses. -- Hy `per *me *trop "ic, a.
New American Oxford Dictionary
hypermetropia
hy per me tro pi a |ˌhīpərməˈtrōpēə ˌhaɪpərməˈtroʊpiə | ▶noun another term for hyperopia. DERIVATIVES hy per me tro pic |-ˈträpik, -ˈtrō - |adjective ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from Greek hupermetros ‘beyond measure ’ (from huper ‘over, above ’ + metron ‘measure ’) + ōps ‘eye. ’
Oxford Dictionary
hypermetropia
hypermetropia |ˌhʌɪpəmɪˈtrəʊpɪə | ▶noun [ mass noun ] long-sightedness. DERIVATIVES hypermetropic |-ˈtrɒpɪk |adjective ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from Greek hupermetros ‘beyond measure ’ (from huper ‘over, above ’ + metron ‘measure ’) + ōps ‘eye ’.
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