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presbyopic

Variant of presbyopia

noun

a form of farsightedness occurring after middle age, caused by a diminished elasticity of the crystalline lens

Origin: ModL < Gr presbys, old (see priest) + ōps, eye

Related Forms:

presbyope noun
presbyopic adjective

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