presbyopia

presbyopia

English

Etymology

From New Latin presbyōpia, from Ancient Greek πρέσβυς (présbus, “old man”), and New Latin -ōpia (“vision problem”), from Ancient Greek ὤψ (ṓps, “eye”);[1] surface analysis, presby- +‎ -opia.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊpiə

Noun

presbyopia (usually uncountable, plural presbyopias)

1. (pathology) Inability of the eye, due to ageing, to focus on nearby objects.

Coordinate terms

• myopia
• farsightedness

Derived terms

• presbyopic

Translations

inability of the eye, due to ageing, to focus on nearby objects

Arabic: قُصُوُّ البَصَرِ الشَيْخُوخِيّ‎ m (quṣuwwu l-baṣari š-šayḵūḵiyy) Armenian: please add this translation if you can Bulgarian: старческо далекогледство n (starčesko dalekogledstvo) Catalan: presbícia f, vista cansada f Chinese: Mandarin: 老花眼 (zh) (lǎohuāyǎn), 老花 (zh) (lǎohuā), 老視／老视 (zh) (lǎoshì) Czech: presbyopie f Esperanto: presbiopeco Finnish: ikänäkö (fi) French: presbytie (fr) f German: Presbyopie (de) f, Alterssichtigkeit f Greek: πρεσβυωπία (el) f (presvyopía) Italian: presbiopia (it) f Japanese: 老視 (ろうし, rō-shi) Korean: 노안 (ko) (noan) Mongolian: please add this translation if you can Polish: starczowzroczność (pl) f Portuguese: presbiopia (pt) f Russian: пресбио́пия (ru) f (presbiópija) Spanish: presbicia (es) f, vista cansada f Swedish: presbyopi (sv), ålderssynthet (sv) Telugu: చత్వారము (te) (catvāramu) Thai: สายตายาว (sǎai-dtaa-yaao) Tibetan: please add this translation if you can Turkish: presbiyopi Vietnamese: lão thị (vi)

References

1. “presbyopia”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary