What's the difference between hypermetropy and hyperopia?

Hypermetropy


Definition:

  • (n.) A condition of the eye in which, through shortness of the eyeball or fault of the refractive media, the rays of light come to a focus behind the retina; farsightedness; -- called also hyperopia. Cf. Emmetropia.

Example Sentences:

Hyperopia


Definition:

  • (n.) Hypermetropia.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Hyperopia was more common in younger persons, but senile cataract, macular degeneration and palpebral dermatochalasis or blepharochalasis were more common in older persons.
  • (2) Special education students had a higher incidence of uncorrected hyperopia and binocular dysfunction.
  • (3) We investigated a nonsurgical means of reshaping the cornea to correct hyperopia, keratoconus, or myopia.
  • (4) Relative hyperopia may persist, in spite of complete removal of the tumor.
  • (5) We conclude that the causes of the ESR elevation are more significant risk factors for CRVO, and systemic hypertension and hyperopia continue to be the main risk factors for BRVO.
  • (6) Ametropias showed a prevalence of 51.9%; the most common refractive defect was myopia followed by astigmatism and hyperopia.
  • (7) Complete optical constants and physical dimensions are presented for eight ametropic rhesus eyes in the range from -11.00 diopters of myopia to +8.00 diopters of hyperopia and compared with the same measurements from 40 essentially emmetropic normal control eyes.
  • (8) Significant differences between the younger and older normals existed for all types of refractive error except hyperopia in only one eye.
  • (9) The patient and his family had many congenital anomalies including hereditary brachydactyly, syndactyly, and hyperopia.
  • (10) 5 esotropias, 1 exotropia, 1 straight-eyed hypermetropic anisometropia of 4 diopters; 1 false positive high hyperopia (of +2.5 diopters) of both eyes.
  • (11) Usually soft lenses are well tolerated, so that patients suffering from aphakia as well as hyperopia should always use this type of lense.
  • (12) At the time of entry into the USAF, refractive error data were clustered around emmetropia with a definite skew toward hyperopia.
  • (13) Phakic eyes develop 5-7 diopters of hyperopia when the vitreous cavity is filled with silicone oil, and this puts them in the same range as the silicone oil filled aphakic eyes.
  • (14) This experiment showed that in every instance the cycloplegic estimate was equal to or greater in hyperopia or less in myopia than when performed without drugs.
  • (15) Contrary to previous reports, we do not find consistent high hyperopia in the rat, but rather refractions that range from near emmetropia (-0.12 D) to extreme hyperopia (+18.95 D).
  • (16) A new approach to surgical correction of hyperopia (including aphakia) is advanced.
  • (17) Although the latter is possible, the hyperopia may be coincidental and masking an underlying mechanism.
  • (18) We reduced the enlarged blind spot in a patient with focal peripapillary hyperopia, without papilledema, to near normal size by using progressively stronger plus lenses.
  • (19) Over 30% of the high hyperopes developed strabismus by age 3 years, but none of the infants in the moderate hyperopia or family history groups developed strabismus.
  • (20) The authors handled 75 such cases by first prescribing spectacles for full correction of hyperopia, and surgical operations were performed to the residual esotropia after wearing the spectacles for 6 months.

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