Farsightedness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Farsightedness \Far"sight`ed*ness\, n.
     1. Quality of bbeing farsighted.
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     2. (Med.) Hypermetropia.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  farsightedness
       n : abnormal condition in which vision for distant objects is
           better than for near objects [syn: {hyperopia}, {hypermetropia},
            {hypermetropy}, {longsightedness}] [ant: {myopia}]