Hyperopia
Hyperopia (hī`pẽr*ō"pi*ȧ) , noun
[New Latin, from Greek "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. Compare Emmetropia.