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hypermetropia

NOUN
farsightedness
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Antonyms
WEAK
nearsightedness


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Asthenopia, which occurs in children in connection with hypermetropia, is nearly always accompanied by defective vision.

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

This regular increase of defective sight with the increase of the hypermetropia can be no mere accident, and speaks strongly for the identity of defective vision in squint with congenital amblyopia.

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

Dr. Isler in his dissertation, 'The Dependence of Strabismus on Refraction,' gives the percentage of hypermetropia in convergent squint as 88 per cent.—a great difference, which can, however, be partly accounted for.

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

To Donders belongs the merit of having pointed out the presence of hypermetropia in about two thirds of all cases of convergent strabismus.

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

Determination of refraction of the better eye is given in 6 cases, and showed twice emmetropia, twice slight myopia, twice hypermetropia.

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




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