the Moms, bent way down to me, hand reaching, her lowering face with its presbyopic squint, suddenly stopped, froze, beginning to I.D. what it was I held out […]
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Presbyopic
/pɹɛzbiˈɒpɪk/
Synonyms for "presbyopic" (13 found)
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Closest matches (3)
Adjective(3 words)
Strong matches (4)
Adjective(2 words)
Related words (6)
Adjective(3 words)
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More general
4 entrieseye conditionoptical devicevision aidvision impairment
More specific
6 entriesaccommodation deficiencybifocal lensloss of accommodationmultifocal lensnear vision impairmentprogressive lens
Collocations
6 entriespresbyopic accommodationpresbyopic correctionpresbyopic eye exampresbyopic lenspresbyopic reading glassespresbyopic refractive error
Inflections
2 entriesmore presbyopicmost presbyopic
Derivations
2 entriessimilar
8 entriesSample sentences
2 total sentences available.
These experiments prove that some alteration has taken place in the eye equivalent to a lengthening of the eye, or a shortening of the principal focus, which enables presbyopics to read without glasses.
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