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hyperopia

hyperopia Hyperopia is farsightedness, a vision problem in which light focuses behind the retina because the eye is too short from front to back.

Hyperopia is farsightedness, a vision problem in which light focuses behind the retina because the eye is too short from front to back. As a result, near objects are harder to focus on than they are in normal vision.

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Drafting source: U.S. National Library of Medicine. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH), 2026 descriptor edition. “Hyperopia” (D006956).
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