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PRESBYOPIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does presbyopic mean?
• PRESBYOPIC (adjective)
The adjective PRESBYOPIC has 1 sense:
1. able to see distant objects clearly
Familiarity information: PRESBYOPIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Able to see distant objects clearly
Synonyms:
farsighted; presbyopic
Similar:
eagle-eyed; farseeing; keen-sighted; longsighted (capable of seeing to a great distance)
hypermetropic; hyperopic (abnormal ability to focus of distant objects)
telescopic (capable of discerning distant objects)
Derivation:
presbyopia (a reduced ability to focus on near objects caused by loss of elasticity of the crystalline lens after age 45)
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