Diagram showing a healthy eye, the eye of a patient with myopia (nearsightedness), in which the cornea is too long, so that images focus at a point in front of the retina, and the eye of a patient with hyperopia (farsightedness), in which the cornea that

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Diagram showing a healthy eye, the eye of a patient with myopia (nearsightedness), in which the cornea is too long, so that images focus at a point in front of the retina, and the eye of a patient with hyperopia (farsightedness), in which the cornea that is too flat, so that images focus at a point behind the retina.

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Photo credit: © Spencer Sutton / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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