adjective
- relating to or affected by hypermetropia; having a refractive error of the eye in which light rays focus behind the retina, causing difficulty in seeing nearby objects clearly
Usage: medical/optometry term; also called farsighted or long-sighted
Examples
- The patient was diagnosed as hypermetropic after the eye examination.
- Hypermetropic individuals often need reading glasses to see small print clearly.
- Children with hypermetropic vision may struggle to focus on classroom materials up close.
- The optometrist prescribed corrective lenses for her hypermetropic condition.
- Hypermetropic eyes require the lens to work harder to focus on near objects.