Presbyopia
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Noun
- 1 Inability of the eye, due to ageing, to focus on nearby objects. uncountable, usually
- 2 a reduced ability to focus on near objects caused by loss of elasticity of the crystalline lens after age 45 wordnet
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From New Latin presbyōpia, from Ancient Greek πρέσβυς (présbus, “old man”), and New Latin -ōpia (“vision problem”), from Ancient Greek ὤψ (ṓps, “eye”). By surface analysis, presby- + -opia.
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