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presbyopia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.75 in modern English

Syllables
pres-by-opia
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Inability of the eye, due to ageing, to focus on nearby objects.

Uncountable

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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: presbyōpia, πρέσβυς, -ōpia, ὤψ

Usage

Inflected Forms

presbyopias (plural)

Derived Forms

presbyopic

Frequently Paired Words

myopia farsightedness

Synonyms

farsightedness

Rhymes With

ethiopia utopia dystopia myopia heterotopia eutopia autopia ectopia infotopia tropia euryopia hypermetropia

Questions

What does presbyopia mean?
Inability of the eye, due to ageing, to focus on nearby objects.
Where does presbyopia come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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