hypermetropicadj.
/hʌɪpəmɪˈtrɒpɪk//hʌɪpəmɪˈtrəʊpɪk/ Pertaining to or affected with hypermetropia; ‘long-sighted’.
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presbyopic1800
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hypermetropic1864
far-sighted1878
hyperopic1884
1864 W. D. Moore tr. F. C. Donders On Anomalies Accomm. & Refraction of Eye viii. 525 The compound hypermetropic astigmatism often keeps very close to the simple.
1870 Pall Mall Gaz. 23 Feb. 3/3 Hypermetropic subjects are not, except in extreme cases, conscious that they see differently from others.
1876 Lowe in Life I. 5 The other [eye] was hypermetropic.
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