Clinical Diagnosis · Sensory System · Medium
Hypermetropia
Meaning: A refractive error in which near objects appear blurred because light focuses behind the retina.
In practice: Her headaches when reading resolved once glasses corrected her hypermetropia.
Word parts
- hyper- means above or more than normal
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