farsightedness
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- noun
- /ˈfɑrˌsaɪtɪdnəs/
- Specialized
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hipermetropía
- Hyperopia, or farsightedness, is a type of cataract.
- farsightedness and astigmatism
- correcting farsightedness
Examples
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One little-understood aspect of corrective lenses is that they either magnify (in the case of farsightedness) or minify (in the case of nearsightedness) what the wearer sees.
Academic text (2007) -
The eyes, farsightedness, clarity of vision.
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I can see things far away better than I can close up: that's what farsightedness means.
Fiction book (1993) -
Sensitivity to glare, decreased sensitivity to contrast, and presbyopia, or farsightedness, are all vision problems experienced by older people.
Academic text (2005) -
Specs are known to alleviate conditions such as astigmatism, nearsightedness, farsightedness, presbyopia, and myopia.
Blog text (29) -
People with farsightedness have trouble seeing things that are close to them, like reading a book.
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The doctor explained that farsightedness is a common issue that makes it easier to see distant objects rather than nearby ones.
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Wearing glasses can help correct farsightedness, allowing individuals to focus better on things that are close.
Synonyms
Able to see distant things more clearly than close ones
A condition where distant things look clearer than close ones
A condition where distant objects look clearer than near ones
A condition that makes it hard to see things that are close while far things look clear
Antonyms
How Far-sighted
Surface Forms
Morphology
farsightedness = farsighted (transparent) = far + sight + ed + ness
A direct nominalization of the adjective 'farsighted' describing the visual condition; learners knowing 'far' and 'sight' will readily derive the meaning.
Etymology
Farsightedness is made from far ('distant') and sight ('seeing'), so it literally describes seeing far away. That's why farsightedness in medicine means being better at seeing distant things than close ones.