presbyopicadj.n.
/ˌprɛzbɪˈɒpɪk/, /ˌprɛsbɪˈɒpɪk/, U.S. /ˌprɛzbiˈɑpɪk/, /ˌprɛsbiˈɑpɪk/ A. adj.
Affected with presbyopia; of or relating to presbyopia.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [adjective] > long-sighted
purblind1621
long-sighted1737
presbyopic1800
presbyops1802
hypermetropic1864
far-sighted1878
hyperopic1884
1800 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 91 36 The focal length of spectacles required for myopic or presbyopic eyes.
1849–52 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. ii. 1467/1 The French glasses, whether presbyopic or myopic.
1881 Nature 27 Oct. 618/2 Suppose a man has become presbyopic, i.e. his accommodation has gradually become stiff, and its range reduced.
1933 M. Bauer Twentieth Cent. Music i. 9 Ears vary as much as eyes, and we should have terms to express an aural range comparable to myopic or presbyopic vision.
1989 Which? July 334/2 She needs glasses for reading and close work. That's because she has become presbyopic..and very slightly astigmatic.
1996 D. F. Wallace Infinite Jest 11 Her lowering face with its presbyopic squint.
B. n.
A person affected with presbyopia; = presbyope n.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [noun] > long-sightedness > person
presbyta1670
presbyope1746
presbyte1826
hypermetrope1864
presbyopic1864
1864 W. D. Moore tr. F. C. Donders On Anomalies Accomm. & Refraction of Eye 308 Often hyperpresbyopics and presbyopics are met with in this group.
1868 C. Bader Nat. & Morbid Changes Human Eye viii. 271 Presbyopics see better..if their pupils are much contracted, as is the case in bright light.
1989 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 16 June (Largo-Seminole Times) 1 You have 50-million presbyopics now, and by the 1990s that's going to swell to 80-million as the baby boomers age.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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