PRESBYOPIA

Pronunciation (US):

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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)

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