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Inability of the eye, due to ageing, to focus on nearby objects.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a reduced ability to focus on near objects caused by loss of elasticity of the crystalline lens after age 45
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: farsightedness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: hyperopia, hypermetropia, hypermetropy, farsightedness, longsightedness
From New Latin presbyōpia, from Ancient Greek πρέσβυς (présbus, “old man”), and New Latin -ōpia (“vision problem”), from Ancient Greek ὤψ (ṓps, “eye”). By surface analysis, presby- + -opia.
Across languages
Translations
30 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
قُصُوُّ البَصَرِ الشَيْخُوخِيّ
(quṣuwwu l-baṣari š-šayḵūḵiyy)
— inability of the eye, due to ageing, to focus on nearby objects
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Bulgarian:
старческо далекогледство
(starčesko dalekogledstvo)
— inability of the eye, due to ageing, to focus on nearby objects
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Catalan:
presbícia
— inability of the eye, due to ageing, to focus on nearby objects
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Catalan:
vista cansada
— inability of the eye, due to ageing, to focus on nearby objects
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Chinese Mandarin:
老花眼
(lǎohuāyǎn)
— inability of the eye, due to ageing, to focus on nearby objects
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Chinese Mandarin:
老花
(lǎohuā)
— inability of the eye, due to ageing, to focus on nearby objects
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Chinese Mandarin:
老視 /老视
(lǎoshì)
— inability of the eye, due to ageing, to focus on nearby objects
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Czech:
presbyopie
— inability of the eye, due to ageing, to focus on nearby objects
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Esperanto:
presbiopeco
— inability of the eye, due to ageing, to focus on nearby objects
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Finnish:
ikänäkö
— inability of the eye, due to ageing, to focus on nearby objects
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French:
presbytie
— inability of the eye, due to ageing, to focus on nearby objects
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German:
Presbyopie
— inability of the eye, due to ageing, to focus on nearby objects
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German:
Alterssichtigkeit
— inability of the eye, due to ageing, to focus on nearby objects
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Greek:
πρεσβυωπία
(presvyopía)
— inability of the eye, due to ageing, to focus on nearby objects
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Italian:
presbiopia
— inability of the eye, due to ageing, to focus on nearby objects
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Japanese:
老視
(rō-shi)
— inability of the eye, due to ageing, to focus on nearby objects
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Korean:
노안
(noan)
— inability of the eye, due to ageing, to focus on nearby objects
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Māori:
kahurau
— inability of the eye, due to ageing, to focus on nearby objects
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Māori:
mate whēkaro (mata)
— inability of the eye, due to ageing, to focus on nearby objects
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Polish:
starczowzroczność
— inability of the eye, due to ageing, to focus on nearby objects
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Portuguese:
presbiopia
— inability of the eye, due to ageing, to focus on nearby objects
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Russian:
пресбио́пия
(presbiópija)
— inability of the eye, due to ageing, to focus on nearby objects
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Spanish:
presbicia
— inability of the eye, due to ageing, to focus on nearby objects
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Spanish:
vista cansada
— inability of the eye, due to ageing, to focus on nearby objects
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Swedish:
presbyopi
— inability of the eye, due to ageing, to focus on nearby objects
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Swedish:
ålderssynthet
— inability of the eye, due to ageing, to focus on nearby objects
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Telugu:
చత్వారము
(catvāramu)
— inability of the eye, due to ageing, to focus on nearby objects
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Thai:
สายตายาว
(sǎai-dtaa-yaao)
— inability of the eye, due to ageing, to focus on nearby objects
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Turkish:
presbiyopi
— inability of the eye, due to ageing, to focus on nearby objects
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Vietnamese:
lão thị
— inability of the eye, due to ageing, to focus on nearby objects
