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 Hy·per·o·pi·a n.  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.
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