Preferred Label : hyperopia;

MeSH definition : A refractive error in which rays of light entering the eye parallel to the optic axis are brought to a focus behind the retina, as a result of the eyeball being too short from front to back. It is also called farsightedness because the near point is more distant than it is in emmetropia with an equal amplitude of accommodation. (Dorland, 27th ed);

MeSH synonym : hypermetropia; farsightedness;

Wikipedia automatic translation : Far-sightedness;

MeSH annotation : refractive error; note X ref;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far-sightedness;

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A refractive error in which rays of light entering the eye parallel to the optic axis are brought to a focus behind the retina, as a result of the eyeball being too short from front to back. It is also called farsightedness because the near point is more distant than it is in emmetropia with an equal amplitude of accommodation. (Dorland, 27th ed)

https://www.15-20.fr/offre-de-soins/maladies-de-loeil/chirurgie-refractive/
2019
France
popular works
presbyopia
presbyopia
Astigmatism
myopia
astigmatism
hyperopia
Presbyopia
Myopia
Hypermetropia
astigmatism, nos
hypermetropia
myopia

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https://www.medg.fr/hypermetropie
2019
France
teaching material
scientific and technical information
hypermetropia
Hypermetropia
hyperopia

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http://www.cochrane.org/fr/CD007112
2012
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false
United Kingdom
France
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review of literature
french abstract
photorefractive keratectomy
keratomileusis, laser in situ
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