presbicia

Spanish

Etymology

From French presbyte (“farsighted”) +‎ -ia, from Ancient Greek πρέσβυς (présbus, “old”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /pɾesˈbiθja/ [pɾezˈβ̞i.θja]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /pɾesˈbisja/ [pɾezˈβ̞i.sja]
(Spain) Rhymes: -iθja
(Latin America) Rhymes: -isja
Syllabification: pres‧bi‧cia

Noun

presbicia f (plural presbicias)

(medicine) presbyopia

See also

presbicia on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

Further reading

“presbicia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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