hypermetropen.
/hʌɪpəˈmɛtrəʊp/ Pathology.
A person affected with hypermetropia.
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1864 W. D. Moore tr. F. C. Donders On Anomalies Accomm. & Refraction of Eye 620 Hypermetropes..lose for a time their asthenopia.
1875 H. Walton Pract. Treat. Dis. Eye (ed. 3) 345 The hypermetropes have a little more difficulty in seeing at all ranges.
1893 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 30 Sept. 732 The eye-strain necessary in hypermetropes and others to focus a clear image on the retina.
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