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Myopia vs. Hypermetropia — What's the Difference?

Myopia vs. Hypermetropia — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Myopia and Hypermetropia

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Myopia

A visual defect in which distant objects appear blurred because their images are focused in front of the retina rather than on it. Also called nearsightedness, short sight.

Hypermetropia

See hyperopia.

Myopia

Lack of discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning
"For Lorca, New York is a symbol of spiritual myopia" (Edwin Honig).

Hypermetropia

Hyperopia

Myopia

(pathology) A disorder of the vision where distant objects appear blurred because the eye focuses their images in front of the retina instead of on it.
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Hypermetropia

An abnormal 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 retina, making vision for distant objects better than for near objects; farsightedness; - now most commonly called hyperopia. Cf. Emmetropia.

Myopia

(figurative) A lack of imagination, discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning.

Hypermetropia

Abnormal condition in which vision for distant objects is better than for near objects

Myopia

Nearsightedness; shortsightedness; a condition of the eye in which the rays from distant object are brought to a focus before they reach the retina, and hence form an indistinct image; while the rays from very near objects are normally converged so as to produce a distinct image. It is corrected by the use of a concave lens.

Myopia

(ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurred

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