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hypermetropia

NOUN
farsightedness
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK
nearsightedness


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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.

It happens, indeed, that in considerable degrees of hypermetropia a slight convergent deviation occurs only from time to time, the cause of which, on closer investigation, can only be sought in the ocular muscles.

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

The visual acuteness amounts to 5/12 on the left, 5/24 on the right, ophthalmoscopically with atropine hypermetropia of two dioptres.

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

As a rule preponderance of the interni in hypermetropia leads eventually to convergent squint even in childhood.

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

The theory may be tested then by statistics, which confront the cases of hypermetropia and convergent strabismus with those cases in which hypermetropia meets with Donders' conditions and normal binocular vision still remains.

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