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Preferred term

Hyperopia  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Farsightedness
  • Hypermetropia

Note

  • refractive error; note X ref

Scope note

  • A refractive error in which rays of light entering the eye parallel to the optic axis are brought to a focus behind the retina, as a result of the eyeball being too short from front to back. It is also called farsightedness because the near point is more distant than it is in emmetropia with an equal amplitude of accommodation. (Dorland, 27th ed)

In other languages

  • Finnish

  • hypermetropi (översynthet)
  • hypermetropia
  • hyperopi
  • hyperopia
  • kaukonäköisyys
  • pitkänäköisyys
  • pitkätaittoisuus
  • Swedish

  • Hyperopi
  • Långsynthet

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D006956

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