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‖ presbytia|-ˈbɪtɪə|
[mod.L., f. Gr. πρεσβύτης: see presbyte. Cf. F. presbytie.]
= presbyopia. So presˈbytic a., ˈpresbytism.
1706Phillips (ed. 6), Presbytia, a dimness of Sight, when the Ball of the Eye is so flat, that the Visual Rays pass the Retina, or Net-like Coat before they are united. 1822–34Presbytia [see presbyopia]. 1857Dunglison Dict. Med., Presbytic, presbyopic. 1863Atkinson tr. Ganot's Physics vii. vi. §509. 461 The most usual affections of the eye are myopy and presbytism, or short sight and far sight. |