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Presbyopia

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Inability of the eye, due to ageing, to focus on nearby objects. uncountable, usually
  2. 2
    a reduced ability to focus on near objects caused by loss of elasticity of the crystalline lens after age 45 wordnet

Etymology

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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