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Abnormal ability to focus of distant objects.

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Children with congenital GH deficiency or insensitivity have a mean hyperopic defect related to a shorter axial length.
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Overall, refraction moved from predominantly hyperopic at 6 months to normal or myopic at age 8-12 years in preterm.
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"No specialist ever told me I was hyperopic," he came back.
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Six horses were also examined, of which one had normal sight, three were hypermetropic and astigmatic, and two had a slight degree of astigmatism.
Scientific American Supplement No. 822, October 3, 1891
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132.-Diagramillustrating the Hypermetropic (far-sighted) Eye.
A Practical Physiology: A Text-Book for Higher Schools