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  • n  a reduced ability to focus on near objects caused by loss of elasticity of the crystalline lens after age 45

  • Even those lucky enough to have perfect vision for their first 40 years will almost inevitably develop presbyopia (from the Greek for "aging eye"), a loss of elasticity in the .
  • Even those lucky enough to have perfect vision for their first 40 years will almost inevitably develop presbyopia (from the Greek for.
  • This condition, called presbyopia, is different from farsightedness because it has nothing to do with the shape of the eye; it happens when the lenses in the eyes .
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