Main Entry: hy·per·opia

Pronunciation: \ˌhī-pə-ˈrō-pē-ə\

Function: noun

Etymology: New Latin

Date: 1884

: a condition in which visual images come to a focus behind the retina of the eye and vision is better for distant than for near objects —called also farsightedness

— hy·per·opic \-ˈrō-pik, -ˈrä-\ adjective