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] By surface analysis, presby- + -opia.
Pronunciation
Noun
presbyopia (usually uncountable, plural presbyopias)
- (pathology) Inability of the eye, due to ageing, to focus on nearby objects.
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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)
- Khmer: please add this translation if you can
- Korean: 노안 (ko) (noan)
- Lao: please add this translation if you can
- Maori: kahurau, mate (mata) whēkaro
- 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)
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