Hypermetropia

(Far sighted.) An error of refraction, where parallel rays of light focus back of the retinawith the muscles of accommodation at rest, dueto the shortness of the eye from before, backor insufficient curvature of the dioptric media.Subdivided into three classes—latent, manifestand total

Source: Ophthalmic Dictionary including pronunciation, derivation and definition of the words used in Optometry and Ophthalmology by James J. Lewis, Oph. D. Professor of Optometry in the Northern Illinois College of Ophthalmology and Otology, Chicago.