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Descriptor English: Hyperopia
Descriptor Spanish: Hiperopía
Descriptor hiperopía
Entry term(s) hipermetropía
Scope note: Anomalía de la refracción en la que los rayos de luz paralelos al eje óptico que penetran en el ojo son enfocados por detrás de la retina, porque la distancia entre la parte anterior y posterior del globo ocular es demasiado pequeña. Se denomina también vista larga (porque el punto próximo se encuentra situado a mayor distancia que en la emetropía para una misma amplitud de acomodación) e hipermetropía. (Dorland, 27 ed)
Descriptor Portuguese: Hiperopia
Descriptor French: Hypermétropie
Entry term(s): Farsightedness
Hypermetropia
Tree number(s): C11.744.479
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006956
Scope note: 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)
Annotation: refractive error; note X ref
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
DeCS ID: 7137
Unique ID: D006956
NLM Classification: WW 300
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 1993/06/02
Hyperopia - Preferred
Concept UI M0010838
Scope note 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)
Preferred term Hyperopia
Entry term(s) Farsightedness
Hypermetropia



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