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Noun Concept
Categories: Disorders of ocular muscles, binocular movement, accommodation and refraction, Disability by type
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presbyopia  farsightedness  Old Eyes  Ageing of the eye  aging of the eye
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A reduced ability to focus on near objects caused by loss of elasticity of the crystalline lens after age 45 WordNet 3.0
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A reduced ability to focus on near objects caused by loss of elasticity of the crystalline lens after age 45 WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Presbyopia is physiological insufficiency of accommodation associated with the aging of the eye that results in progressively worsening ability to focus clearly on close objects. Wikipedia
Medical condition associated with aging of the eye Wikidata
Inability of the eye, due to ageing, to focus on nearby objects; farsightedness. Wiktionary
Inability of the eye, due to ageing, to focus on nearby objects. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
hyperopia
DERIVATION
farsighted
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
The Nuttall Encyclopædia
HEALTH SPECIALTY
ophthalmology
optometry
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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presbyopia, farsightedness
Wikipedia
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presbyopia
Wikidata
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presbyopia
Wiktionary
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presbyopia
Wikipedia Redirections
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Ageing of the eye, aging of the eye, near point, Old eye, Old eyes, Old Eyes, Old sight, Presbyobia, presbyopic, Presbytia, Prespyopia
Wikidata Alias
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presbyopia (disorder)

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