| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| presbyopia |
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| SYLLABICATION: | pres·by·o·pi·a |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  pr z b -  p- , prs- |
| NOUN: | Inability of the eye to focus sharply on nearby objects, resulting from loss of elasticity of the crystalline lens with advancing age. | | ETYMOLOGY: | New Latin : Greek presbus, old man; see per1 in Appendix I + –opia. | | OTHER FORMS: | presby·opic (- p k, -pk) —ADJECTIVE
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