hypermetropic
- a word derived from hypermetropia.
Example Sentences
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While the comparison is not quite admissible, yet the recent investigations carried on by Lang and Barrett, who examined the eyes of certain mammalia, found that the larger number were hypermetropic or far sighted.
From Scientific American Supplement No. 822, October 3, 1891 by Various
Two sons, present at the same time, are hypermetropic.
From Schweigger on Squint A Monograph by Dr. C. Schweigger by Schweigger, C.
Were the increased demand on the accommodation really the cause of convergent strabismus, asthenopia would be far more common than it is among hypermetropic children who do not squint.
From Schweigger on Squint A Monograph by Dr. C. Schweigger by Schweigger, C.
A long-sighted, or hypermetropic, eye is one which can focus light from distant objects, but not from near objects.
From Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools by Walters, Francis M.
The right eye weakly hypermetropic; normal field of vision, normal pupil, no pain.
From Neuralgia and the Diseases that Resemble it by Anstie, Francis E.
