LENTICULAR ASTIGMATISM
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Definitions of LENTICULAR ASTIGMATISM
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that due to imperfections of the lens. It may complicate hypermetropia (Hyperopic or hypermetropic Astigmatism ) or myopia (myopic Astigmatism ).
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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Astigmatism due to causes residing in the crystalline lens.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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