Vocab Bloom Hub

presbyope

/ˈprɛz.bi.oʊp/

Traduction: Nom désignant une personne atteinte de presbytie, une forme d'hypermétropie liée à l'âge due à la perte progressive d'élasticité du cristallin de l'œil.

1 entrée

noun

/ˈprɛz.bi.oʊp/C2formal
  • frNom désignant une personne atteinte de presbytie, une forme d'hypermétropie liée à l'âge due à la perte progressive d'élasticité du cristallin de l'œil.

A noun referring to a person who has presbyopia, a condition of farsightedness caused by the gradual loss of elasticity in the eye's crystalline lens due to aging.

  1. Person with presbyopiaC1formalmedical

    An individual who has presbyopia, a condition of farsightedness caused by the gradual loss of flexibility in the eye's lens due to aging.

    frPersonne atteinte de presbytie

    • The optometrist prescribed reading glasses for the presbyope.
    • As a presbyope, she found it difficult to focus on close objects.
    • Many presbyopes rely on bifocals to see clearly at different distances.
Formes
  • presbyopes plural form
  • presbyopes' possessive plural form
  • presbyope's possessive singular form