The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Hyperopia \Hy`per*o"pi*a\ (h[imac]`p[~e]r*[=o]"p[i^]*[.a]), n.
   [NL., fr. Gr. "ype`r over + 'w`ps, 'wpo`s, the eye.]
   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.
        [1913 Webster]