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Definition of Emmetrope
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Emmetrope
Literary usage of Emmetrope
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Text-book of Ophthalmology by Ernst Fuchs (1911)
"emmetrope or myope — accommodate even when looking at a distance, as in order to
see distinctly he must correct his hypermetropia by means of his ..."
2. A Manual of Examination of the Eyes: A Course of Lectures Delivered at the by Edmond Landolt (1879)
"... who wishes to see at the same distance as an emmetrope has, therefore, to
employ a part r of his accommodation more than the ..."
3. Ophthalmology and Ophthalmoscopy: For Practitioners and Students of Medicine by Hermann Schmidt-Rimpler, Daniel Bennett St. John Roosa (1889)
"... that of the emmetrope at 6 inches. Although in youth, when the power of
accommodation is good, constant close work is possible to the ..."
4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1893)
"... of this amount of accommodation (ie, an amount sufficient to overcome his
error) over and above that required by the emmetrope under like conditions. ..."
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