hyperopia /hy·per·opia/ (hi″per-o´pe-ah) farsightedness; a visual defect in which parallel light rays reaching the eye come to a focus behind the retina, vision being better for far objects than for near. Symbol H.hypero´pic 
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Hyperopia.
absolute hyperopia that which cannot be corrected by accommodation.
axial hyperopia that due to shortness of the anteroposterior diameter of the eye.
facultative hyperopia that which can be entirely corrected by accommodation.
latent hyperopia that degree of the total hyperopia corrected by the physiologic tone of the ciliary muscle, revealed by cycloplegic examination.
manifest hyperopia that degree of the total hyperopia not corrected by the physiologic tone of the ciliary muscle, revealed by cycloplegic examination.
relative hyperopia facultative h.
total hyperopia manifest and latent hyperopia combined.
| total hyperopia n. Abbr. Ht The total amount of hyperopia, comprising both latent and manifest hyperopia, which can be determined only after complete paralysis of accommodation with a mydriatic drug. |
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