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Farsightedness

Quality of bbeing farsighted.

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Ametropia 76% connected

Any abnormal condition of the refracting powers of the eye.

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Hypermetropia 76% connected

Alt. of Hypermetropy

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Hypermetropy 76% connected

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 reti…

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Hyperopia 76% connected

Hypermetropia.

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Knowing 76% connected

of Know

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Presbyopia 76% connected

A defect of vision consequent upon advancing age. It is due to rigidity of the crystalline lens, which produces difficulty of accommodation and reces…

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Foresee 74% connected

To see beforehand; to have prescience of; to foreknow.

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Foresee 74% connected

To see beforehand; to have prescience of; to foreknow.

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Presbyopic 74% connected

Affected by presbyopia; also, remedying presbyopia; farsighted.

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Presbyopic 74% connected

Affected by presbyopia; also, remedying presbyopia; farsighted.

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Foresight 92% connected

The act or the power of foreseeing; prescience; foreknowledge.

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Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Hypermetropia 92% connected

Alt. of Hypermetropy

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Hypermetropy 92% connected

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 reti…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Hyperopia 92% connected

Hypermetropia.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Presbyopia 92% connected

A defect of vision consequent upon advancing age. It is due to rigidity of the crystalline lens, which produces difficulty of accommodation and reces…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Prevision 92% connected

Foresight; foreknowledge; prescience.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Prospicience 92% connected

The act of looking forward.

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Myopia 94% connected

Nearsightedness; shortsightedness; a condition of the eye in which the rays from distant object are brought to a focus before they reach the retina,…

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Myopia 94% connected

Nearsightedness; shortsightedness; a condition of the eye in which the rays from distant object are brought to a focus before they reach the retina,…

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