Meaning & use
hypermetropia
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Meaning
noununcountablemedical
A vision condition in which distant objects are seen clearly but near objects look blurred, because the eye focuses light behind the retina.
Grammar: Uncountable: she has hypermetropia.
Patterns
- suffer from hypermetropia
- hypermetropia in children
He needs glasses for reading because of hypermetropia.
Hypermetropia often shows up in young children who strain to see close up.
The optician said her mild hypermetropia was getting worse.
Common combinations
- suffer from hypermetropia
- Many people suffer from hypermetropia without knowing it.
- correct hypermetropia
- Glasses can correct hypermetropia.
- mild hypermetropia
- Mild hypermetropia may not need treatment.
- diagnose hypermetropia
- An eye test can diagnose hypermetropia.
- hypermetropia in children
- Hypermetropia in children can cause headaches at school.
Synonyms and how they differ
- farsightedness
- Farsightedness is the everyday American word and means the same condition.
- longsightedness
- Longsightedness is the common British way of describing the same condition.
- hyperopia
- Hyperopia is an equally formal alternative term, especially in American medical writing.
Opposites
Word family
- hypermetropic adjective
- affected by hypermetropia
- myopia noun
- nearsightedness, the opposite condition
- astigmatism noun
- a blur caused by an unevenly curved eye surface
Commonly confused: hypermetropia or myopia? hypermetropia or presbyopia?
hypermetropia vs myopia
Myopia is the opposite problem, where near objects are clear but distant objects are blurred.
hypermetropia vs presbyopia
Presbyopia is the age-related loss of close focus, which affects most people over forty and has a different cause.
Practice
A person with hypermetropia typically has trouble seeing ____ objects clearly.
Choose one answer.
Hypermetropia means farsightedness, so near objects look blurred. Distant objects are usually clearer, which is the reverse of myopia.
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Write a sentence using “hypermetropia”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.