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hypermetropia

British  
/ ˌhaɪpəmɪˈtrɒpɪk, ˌhaɪpəmɪˈtrəʊpɪə, ˌhaɪpəˈmɛtrəpɪ /

noun

  1. pathol variants of hyperopia

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Origin of hypermetropia

C19: from Greek hupermetros beyond measure (from hyper- + metron measure) + -opia

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Afterwards, Donders sought to explain the occurrence of convergent strabismus in emmetropia by paresis of accommodation, which must indeed, according to his theory, produce the same result as hypermetropia.

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

On the right, hypermetropia 3 D. with the ophthalmoscope, visual acuteness 5/24.

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.

Isler found in hypermetropia of 2 to 10 dioptres squinting in 75 per cent.; in my statistics H. 1·5 D. to the highest degrees of hypermetropia are likewise represented by 75 per cent.

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

On both sides apparent emmetropia or very slight hypermetropia, acuity of vision on left side 5/9, on the right 5/18, ophthalmoscopic diagnosis of refraction was impossible on account of restless fixation.

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

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