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”). By 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)
• 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)