What's the difference between farsightedness and longsightedness?

Farsightedness


Definition:

  • (n.) Quality of bbeing farsighted.
  • (n.) Hypermetropia.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) It should include a cycloplegic refraction to tule out excessive farsightedness, nearsightedness, astigmatism, or unequal refraction in the two eyes.
  • (2) The origin of the apparent farsightedness as revealed by retinoscopy in smaller eyes was investigated by using monochromatic retinoscopy on wild rabbits.
  • (3) This is due to the wisdom and farsightedness of King Abdul Aziz Al-Saud, who, to reorganize the Saudi-Arabian people and establish his sovereignty, adopted the divine law of the Koran, the Sharia, as the only law applicable to control all individual and social relationships and to combat crime.
  • (4) The Finnish Twin Cohort material was used to estimate genetic and environmental effects in the etiology of hyperopia (farsightedness).
  • (5) During his time at Glasgow, Bob had isolated stem cells from early rabbit embryos, work which similarly displayed the farsightedness that pervaded his research.

Longsightedness


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