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LONGSIGHTEDNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Abnormal condition in which vision for distant objects is better than for near objects
Synonyms:
farsightedness; hypermetropia; hypermetropy; hyperopia; longsightedness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("longsightedness" is a kind of...):
ametropia ((ophthalmology) faulty refraction of light rays in the eye as in astigmatism or myopia)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "longsightedness"):
farsightedness; presbyopia (a reduced ability to focus on near objects caused by loss of elasticity of the crystalline lens after age 45)
Derivation:
longsighted (capable of seeing to a great distance)