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

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  • Consumer psychologists call it hyperopia, the medical term for farsightedness and the opposite of myopia, nearsightedness, because it's the result of people looking too...
  • This problem has been termed hyperopia - the opposite of myopia - because it's caused by people looking too far into the future.
  • Conductive Keratoplasty or CK, as it is commonly known, is an eyesight correction method to cure vision related problems such as hyperopia, farsightedness and presbyopia.
  • Stenop glasses can reduce 80% of myopia, hyperopia and presbyopia.
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