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presbytism

presbytism is the dated form of presbyopia.

Meaning of presbyopia

Noun

presbyopia (usually uncountable, plural presbyopias)

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

Questions about presbytism

What is presbytism the dated form of?
Presbytism is the dated form of presbyopia.

Words near presbytism in the dictionary

  1. presbytia
  2. presbytic
  3. presbytinan
  4. presbytinans
  5. presbytinnitus
  6. presbytism
  7. presbytress
  8. presbytresses
  9. prescale
  10. prescaled
  11. prescaler

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Adapted from Wiktionary: presbytism (page history and authors); presbyopia (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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