noun
farsightedness; hyperopia
Medical term for the condition where distant objects are seen clearly but near objects appear blurry. In everyday conversation, 遠視 (えんし) is more common.
遠視眼の人は近くの文字が読みにくい。
People with farsightedness have difficulty reading nearby text.
眼科で遠視眼と診断された。
I was diagnosed with hyperopia at the eye clinic.
Medical term for nearsightedness (myopia); the everyday term is 近視 (きんし).
Compound of 遠視 (えんし, 'farsightedness') + 眼 (がん, 'eye'), forming a formal medical term.