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PRESBYOPIC

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Able to see distant objects clearly

Synonyms:

farsighted; presbyopic

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

eagle-eyed; farseeing; keen-sighted; longsighted (capable of seeing to a great distance)

hypermetropic; hyperopic (abnormal ability to focus of distant objects)

telescopic (capable of discerning distant objects)

Derivation:

presbyopia (a reduced ability to focus on near objects caused by loss of elasticity of the crystalline lens after age 45)

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