hypermetropy

Synonyms:

farsightedness, hypermetropia, hyperopia, longsightedness

Antonyms:

myopia, nearsightedness, shortsightedness

(ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurred

Types:

farsightedness, presbyopia

a reduced ability to focus on near objects caused by loss of elasticity of the crystalline lens after age 45

Type of:

ametropia

(ophthalmology) faulty refraction of light rays in the eye as in astigmatism or myopia