(hī″pĕr-ō′pē-ă)
[Pronunciation]
[″ + ops, eye]

Farsightedness; a defect in vision in which parallel rays come to a focus behind the retina as a result of flattening of the globe of the eye or of an error in refraction.
Symptoms include ocular fatigue and poor vision.
SYN: hypermetropia
See: emmetropia

Subentries:
absolute hyperopia
axial hyperopia
facultative hyperopia
latent hyperopia
manifest hyperopia
relative hyperopia
total hyperopia