hypermetropic
- adjective
- /ˌhaɪpərməˈtrɒpɪk/
- UK
- Children who are hypermetropic may experience eye strain when reading for long periods.
Examples
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The optometrist diagnosed her as hypermetropic and prescribed corrective lenses.
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His hypermetropic vision made it difficult to focus on objects close to his face.
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The hypermetropic child struggled to read the blackboard.
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Is the hypermetropic condition common among children?
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The optometrist diagnosed her as hypermetropic and prescribed corrective lenses.
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Children who are hypermetropic may experience eye strain when reading for long periods.
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His hypermetropic vision made it difficult to focus on objects close to his face.
Synonyms
Seeing distant things more clearly than close ones
Able to see far things more clearly than near ones
Has trouble seeing things up close because of age
Able to see things far away clearly
Able to see things that are far away
Antonyms
How Farsighted
- UK
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
hypermetropic = hypermetropia (transparent) = hyper + metrop + ic
The adjective is the regular -ic form of the medical noun hypermetropia, meaning 'pertaining to hypermetropia/farsightedness'.
Etymology
Hypermetropic comes from Greek parts hyper- 'over' and -metropic related to 'measure' for the eye, giving the image of an eye that focuses 'too far'. So a hypermetropic person sees distant things more clearly than close ones.