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Far-sightedness, also known as long-sightedness and hyperopia, is a condition of the eye in which light is focused behind, instead of on, the retina. This causes close objects to be blurry, while far objects may appear normal. As the condition worsens, objects at all distances may be blurred.
Hypernyms (farsightedness 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 farsightedness): presbyopia (farsightedness resulting from a reduced ability to focus caused by loss of elasticity of the crystalline lens with age)