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What Type of Lens is Used to Correct Hypermetropia? - Biology

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What type of lens is used to correct Hypermetropia?

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Convex lens

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Chapter 8: The Nervous System and Sense Organs - Give Technical Terms

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ICSE Biology [English] Class 10
Chapter 8 The Nervous System and Sense Organs
Give Technical Terms | Q 19.3

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