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presbyopic, a. (n.)|-ˈɒpɪk|
[f. as prec. + -ic.]
Pertaining to or affected with presbyopia. (In the same sense ‖ presbyops has been used).
1801Home in Phil. Trans. XCII. 6, I adapted the optometer..to presbyopic eyes. [1803tr. Heberden's Comm. lxvi. (ed. 2) 330 A violent giddiness has suddenly made a person presbyops, or long sighted.] 1881Anderson in Nature 27 Oct. 618/2 Suppose a man has become presbyopic, i.e. his accommodation has gradually become stiff, and its range reduced.
b. as n. A person affected with presbyopia.
1864tr. Donders' Accom. & Refract. Eye 308 Often hyperpresbyopics and presbyopics are met with in this group. |