- Hyperoptic
- Hyperopia Hy`per*o"pi*a (h[imac]`p[~e]r*[=o]"p[i^]*[.a]), n.
[NL., fr. Gr. "ype`r over + 'w`ps, 'wpo`s, the eye.]
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. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
