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hypermetropia

NOUN
farsightedness
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Antonyms
WEAK
nearsightedness


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It is otherwise in those cases of hypermetropia of high degree in which patients voluntarily call forth convergent squint, and retain it for a short time for the purpose of distinct vision.

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

Patient really comes on account of his son, aged 7-1/2, in whom hypermetropia of 3·5 dioptres is detected with the ophthalmoscope, right eye with + 3·5 V. 5/9.

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.

Those cases deserve particular mention, in which it remained doubtful whether hypermetropia of slight degree or emmetropia was present.

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

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.