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presbyopia
(pres″be-o´pe-ә)
lessening of accommodation of the lens of the eye, a process that happens normally with aging and usually results in farsightedness (hyperopia). It is caused by a loss of elasticity in the crystalline lens, which focuses images on the retina with the aid of muscles that stretch it to make it less convex or relax it to make it more spherical (more convex). adj.,
presbyop´ic., adj.

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