hypermetropia

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Even though Kumar had long-sightedness (hypermetropia) since birth, it wasn't discovered early enough.

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  1. noun See hyperopia.

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  1. Greek hupermetros, beyond measure (huper-, hyper- + metron, measure; see meter2) + -opia.

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  1. New Latin, from Greek ὑπέρ, over, + μέτρον, measure, + ω῎ψ(ὠπ-), eye.
 

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/haɪpərmɛˈtroʊpiə/
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