presbyope

9.9

A person who cannot see things up close clearly because of getting older

noun
/ˈprɛzbiˌoʊp/

Specialized

: presbiópico

After the age of forty, it's common to become a presbyope and require vision correction for close work.

Examples

Many presbyopes find that bifocals help them adapt to their changing vision.
My grandfather is a presbyope who struggles to read small print.
As a lifelong presbyope, she needed reading glasses for small print.
Many presbyopes need reading glasses as they age.
After the age of forty, it's common to become a presbyope and require vision correction for close work.
As a lifelong presbyope, she needed reading glasses for small print.
Many presbyopes find that bifocals help them adapt to their changing vision.

Synonyms

hyperope

vspresbyope

Specialized

9.9

A person who sees distant things more clearly than near ones

is farsighted because of age related lens stiffening

Surface Forms

presbyope singular

presbyopes plural

Morphology

presbyope = presbyopia (opaque) = presby + opia

If a learner already knows the medical noun 'presbyopia', deriving 'presbyope' as 'a person with presbyopia' is straightforward (a back-formation-like process), so the immediate-base relation is transparent.

Etymology

Presbyope comes from Greek parts presby- meaning 'old' and -opia meaning 'sight', so it literally points to 'old sight'. So a presbyope is a person, often older, who has trouble seeing things up close.