Hy·per·o·pi·a n. An abnormal condition of the eye in which, through shortness of the eyeball or fault of the refractive media, the rays of light come to a focus behind the retina, making vision for distant objects better than for near objects; farsightedness; -- called also hypermetropia. Cf. Emmetropia. -- Hy*per*op*tic a.
Syn: -- hypermetropia, farsightedness, longsightedness.
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