Definition of Presbyope

1. Noun. A person with presbyopia; someone who is farsighted resulting from the progressive loss with aging of the elasticity of the crystalline lens.

Generic synonyms: Visually Impaired Person

Definition of Presbyope

1. n. One who has presbyopia; a farsighted person.

Definition of Presbyope

1. Noun. (medicine) One who has presbyopia: a farsighted person ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Presbyope

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Presbyope

presage
presaged
presageful
presagement
presager
presagers
presages
presageth
presaging
presagious
presale
presales
presanctified
presaturation
presbycusis
presbyope (current term)
presbyopes
presbyopia
presbyopias
presbyopic
presbyopics
presbypropria
presbyte
presbyter
presbyteral
presbyterate
presbyterates
presbyteress
presbyterial
presbyterially

Literary usage of Presbyope

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Annals of Ophthalmology (1917)
"Then the myope, like the presbyope, suffers comparatively little inconvenience under ... The presbyope is likely to ascribe impairment of vision to age, ..."

2. Text-book of Ophthalmology by Ernst Fuchs (1911)
"The near point of the presbyope gives simply the limit of the elasticity of his ... Hence the presbyope can work even at his near point without fatigue. ..."

3. Refraction of the Human Eye and Methods of Estimating the Refraction by James Thorington (1916)
"Developing adducting power by practising fixation at 33 cm. (page 272) may accomplish a good deal of good in some young presbyopes, but taking a presbyope ..."

4. Anomalies of refraction and of the muscles of the eye by Flavel Benjamin Tiffany (1894)
"At first it suffices to prescribe glasses for night work or for artificial light, allowing the presbyope to use his power of accommodation by daylight, ..."

5. Anomalies of refraction and of the muscles of the eye by Flavel Benjamin Tiffany (1894)
"At first it suffices to prescribe glasses for night work or for artificial light, allowing the presbyope to use his power of accommodation by daylight, ..."

6. The Eye by Edward Engler Gibbons (1904)
"The convex spherical lens that enables the presbyope to read with comfort ... In prescribing for the presbyope one should always ascertain at what distance ..."

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