Noun: hypermetropia ,hI-pu(r)-mi'trow-pee-u
- Farsightedness; difficulty seeing nearby objects clearly
"His hypermetropia made reading without glasses challenging";
- hyperopia, hypermetropy, farsightedness [N. Amer], long-sightedness [Brit]
Derived forms: hypermetropias
Type of: ametropia
Encyclopedia: Hypermetropia