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hypermetropia

NOUN
farsightedness
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Antonyms
WEAK
nearsightedness


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In practice it is immaterial whether emmetropia or a minimum degree of hypermetropia is present; for statistics essentially devoted to theoretical questions it seemed more suitable to unite these cases in a separate group.

From Schweigger on Squint A Monograph by Dr. C. Schweigger by Schweigger, C.

Donders declares no other conclusion to be possible, than this, that the hypermetropia is the cause of the squint.

From Schweigger on Squint A Monograph by Dr. C. Schweigger by Schweigger, C.

At any rate the fact is settled that squint can disappear spontaneously, and without the aid of convex glasses even in high degrees of hypermetropia.

From Schweigger on Squint A Monograph by Dr. C. Schweigger by Schweigger, C.

It cannot be denied that the relation existing between convergent strabismus and hypermetropia may be as Donders represents it; the only question is, whether it really is so.

From Schweigger on Squint A Monograph by Dr. C. Schweigger by Schweigger, C.

In hypermetropia, if one causes fixation at about 30 cm. and then covers the eye with the hand, it frequently deviates inwards.

From Schweigger on Squint A Monograph by Dr. C. Schweigger by Schweigger, C.