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Definition of "hypermetropia" []

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "hypermetropia" in a sentence
  • "Predisposing factors include all underlying causes of a narrow anterior chamber such as hypermetropia and cataract."
  • "In "long sight," or hypermetropia both the near and far point of vision are concerned, and there is no distinct vision at any distance without a strain."
  • "Minnesota village, I had never heard of adenoids, hypertrophied tonsils, myopia, hypermetropia, or the relation of these defects and of neglected teeth to malnutrition, truancy, sickness, and dullness."