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Hyperopia

Hypermetropia.

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Ametropia 76% connected

Any abnormal condition of the refracting powers of the eye.

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Farsightedness 76% connected

Quality of bbeing farsighted.

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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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Farsighted 74% connected

Seeing to great distance; hence, of good judgment regarding the remote effects of actions; sagacious.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Farsighted 74% connected

Seeing to great distance; hence, of good judgment regarding the remote effects of actions; sagacious.

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Farsightedness 92% connected

Quality of bbeing farsighted.

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Hypermetropia 92% connected

Alt. of Hypermetropy

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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

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