gerontopia


senopia

 [se-no´pe-ah] improvement of vision, especially near vision, in the aged, a sign of developing cataract" >cataract; called also gerontopia.

sight, second 

Improvement of near vision in the elderly resulting from increased refraction of the nucleus of the crystalline lens. It often occurs in people with incipient cataract. Syn. gerontopia; senile lenticular myopia.