🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

hipermétrope

Pronunciation / Transliteration: i-per-me-tro-pi

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Hyperope/ˈhaɪ.pəˌroʊp/
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O hipermétrope tem dificuldade em focar de perto."

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As noun
  1. 1

    A person who is affected by hyperopia, meaning they can see distant objects more clearly than objects that are near.

    "The optometrist diagnosed the young boy as a hyperope who would need corrective lenses for reading."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Modern Latin, combining the Greek prefix hyper- meaning 'over' or 'excessive' with the Greek ops meaning 'eye' or 'sight'. Coined in the 19th century within ophthalmology to describe a condition where visual focus falls behind the retina.

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