Hypermetropia /(?)/

Hy·per·me·tro·pi·a

Hypermetropia

n.
  1. 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; -- now most commonly called hyperopia. Cf. Emmetropia. [Obsolescent]