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hy·per·me·tro·pi·a

(hī′pər-mĭ-trō′pē-ə)

[Greek hupermetros, beyond measure (huper-, hyper- + metron, measure; see meter²) + -opia.]

hy′per·me·tro′pic (-trō′pĭk, -trŏp′ĭk), hy′per·me·tro′pi·cal adj.

hy′per·met′ro·py (-mĕt′rə-pē) n.

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Adj.

hypermetropic - abnormal ability to focus of distant objects

hyperopic

ophthalmology - the branch of medicine concerned with the eye and its diseases

farsighted, presbyopic - able to see distant objects clearly

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hypermetropisch

ipermetrope presbite

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(7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14) Possible associations between AMD and ocular factors such as light iris color, history of previous cataract surgery, short axial length, and hypermetropic refractive error have also been proposed.

Evaluation of the Relationship Between Age-related Macular Degeneration and Refractive Error, Socio-demographic Features, and Biochemical Variables in a Turkish Population

Objectives: To evaluate the effect of refractive error and axial length on peripapillary retinal nerve fibre layer thickness in myopic, hypermetropic and emmetropic eyes by Topcon spectral domain optical coherence tomography.

Effect of refractive errors/axial length on peripapillary retinal nerve fibre layer thickness (RNFL) measured by Topcon SD-OCT

Evaluation of anterior chamber depth measurements in emmetropic, hypermetropic and myopic eyes in children and adolescents using OCT Visante.

CORRELATION OF ANTERIOR CHAMBER DEPTH WITH PERIPAPILLARY NERVE FIBER LAYER THICKNESS

A high hypermetropic refractive error is an invariable feature, ranging from +8.00 D sphere to +25.00 or higher [2, 17].

Nanophthalmos: A Review of the Clinical Spectrum and Genetics

Also, it was observed that 19.15% of the ametropic population was hypermetropic (3.6% of the total sample), while in the study performed by the optometrists, the percentage of hypermetropic patients was 44.88% (13.68% of the total).

Caracterizacion de los defectos refractivos en una poblacion de ninos de los 2 a los 14 anos en Bogota, Colombia

It is also useful with latent hypermetropic esophores, and for young myopes within near esophoria who might progress faster or benefit from a near add or multifocal.

THE FREEMAN NEAR VISION UNIT: Optometrist and chairman of BBR Optometry, Nick Rumney, shares his passion for one of the simpler tools he has in practice

In our study, 32 patients of the 300 patients were Hypermetropic Astigmatic individuals with average corneal thickness of 532 micrometres, SD (30).

The clinical study to assess the corneal thickness by using Pachymetry in various types of refractive errors in age group (10 - 40 yrs.)

In an older patient group (>13 years) in a study of XLRS by Vincent A, the refractive error was significantly more hypermetropic and the axial length was significantly shorter than the normal adult group [18].

X-Linked Retinoschisis in Juveniles: Follow-Up by Optical Coherence Tomography

The most common type of astigmatism was simple hypermetropic astigmatism (16%), simple myopic astigmatism (14.5%), compound myopic astigmatism (6.5%), compound hypermetropic astigmatism (3%) and mixed astigmatism (1%) [Table 6].

Clinical study of headache with special reference to ophthalmic cause

Bakunowicz-Lazarczyk, "Evaluation of anterior chamber depth measurements in emmetropic, hypermetropic and myopic eyes in children and adolescents using OCT Visante," Klinika Oczna, vol.

The Anterior chamber depth and retinal nerve fiber layer thickness in children

From an anatomical point of view, a normal, non-pathological eye is known as an emmetropic eye, and has been studied very little until now in comparison with myopic and hypermetropic eyes.

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John's eyes were checked regularly, and at age 9 he was found to have a bilateral lower visual field impairment and to be slightly farsighted (hypermetropic), which is more prevalent in prematurely born children (Larsson, Rydberg, & Holmstrom, 2003) and does not require spectacles.