pres myopia??? - Biology Forum

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Cilla 18 years, 9 months ago

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- March 1, 2006 at 1:51 pm #3837
  VeenaandNivyah
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  Hey all,
  Short sight is callled Myopiua and long sight hypermetropia.
  I came across the term Pres Myopia and wondered WHAT is it?
  Can u help me with this?
  Thanx
  Veenaandnivyah
- March 1, 2006 at 6:11 pm #42083
  Poison
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  Are you talking about presbyopia? I don’t know the other.
  If you are talking about presbyopia, it is usually seen in old ages. It is the inability of focusing to the objects near you.
- March 2, 2006 at 11:04 am #42154
  VeenaandNivyah
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  oops…sorry as i told u my mom just mentioned it, probably heard it wrong. 😳
- March 24, 2006 at 2:03 pm #44132
  atypical10
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  Myopia is nearsightedness,hyperopia is farsightedness. I think you meant presbyopia, a condition that happens in the elderly. There are more terms like amblyopia (lazy eyes), strabismus (crossed eyed), astigmatism (asymmetrical curved cornea) etc……
- March 29, 2006 at 5:30 pm #44571
  Cilla
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  Hi,
  You might find it easier to remember this term if you think of the religious grouping of presbyterianism, (meaning a church, although led by a minister, largely organized by elders).
  Thus, presbyopia – a condition of the eyes usually observed in ‘elders’, which, in this case, can occur from the 40’s onwards, where the person may initially require glasses for reading, e.g.
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