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单词 presbyopia
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presbyopian.

Brit. /ˌprɛzbɪˈəʊpɪə/, /ˌprɛsbɪˈəʊpɪə/, U.S. /ˌprɛzbiˈoʊpiə/, /ˌprɛsbiˈoʊpiə/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin presbyopia.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin presbyopia (1756 or earlier; 1745 in post-classical Latin context as a Greek word) < ancient Greek πρέσβυς old man (see presbyter n.) + post-classical Latin -opia or its etymon ancient Greek -ωπία (see -opia comb. form). Compare earlier presbytia n.
Ophthalmology.
Deterioration of near vision occurring with advancing age, owing to increasing rigidity of the lens of the eye with reduction in the power of accommodation.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [noun] > long-sightedness
presbytia1654
long sight1737
longsightedness1748
presbyopia1767
far-sightedness1846
presbyopy1862
presbytism1863
hypermetropia1868
hyperopia1886
1767 G. Cleghorn Index Ann. Course Lect. 34 The cause of myopia, presbyopia, nyctalopia, hemeralopia and cataract.
1793 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 83 178 The central part of the crystalline becomes rigid by age, and this is sufficient to account for presbyopia.
1822 J. M. Good Study Med. III. 207 The third variety or that produced by old age, constitutes the presbytia, and presbyopia of medical writers.
1869 G. Lawson Dis. Eye (1874) 233 Presbyopia or Long Sight is one of the first of the legion of troubles which advancing years bring upon all of us.
1935 Evening Sun (Baltimore) 23 Apr. 1/6 If this aging process, called presbyopia or ‘old sightedness’, occurs early, the individual's normal span of life is comparatively short.
1994 Amer. Health Sept. 55/2 Nonprescription reading glasses are a good option if your only problem is presbyopia.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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