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PRESBYOPIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A reduced ability to focus on near objects caused by loss of elasticity of the crystalline lens after age 45
Synonyms:
farsightedness; presbyopia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("presbyopia" is a kind of...):
farsightedness; hypermetropia; hypermetropy; hyperopia; longsightedness (abnormal condition in which vision for distant objects is better than for near objects)
Derivation:
presbyopic (able to see distant objects clearly)