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Positive diaptor means convex lens which is needed for myopia correction and negative diaptor means converse lens needed for hypermetropia correction.— Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
Even though Kumar had long-sightedness (hypermetropia) since birth, it wasn't discovered early enough.— Daily News & Analysis
You must find which it is If, while he is still looking at the twenty-foot line, you place in front of the eyes a weak convex and he tells you he sees just as well with as without, it proves the existence of far-sight or hypermetropia, and the strongest convex that still leaves vision as good for distance as without any, corrects the manifest.— Scientific American Supplement, No. 787, January 31, 1891
There is a high degree of hypermetropia in each eye, the R. has nearly 6.0 D and the L. about 5.0 D.— Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre
_ -- Twelfth day, hypermetropia (60).— The Mind of the Child, Part II The Development of the Intellect, International Education Series Edited By William T. Harris, Volume IX.

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