senopia /se·no·pia/ (se-no´pe-ah) an apparent decrease in presbyopia in the elderly, which is related to the development of nuclear sclerosis and resultant myopia.
senopia
se·no·pi·a (s -n  p - )n. Improvement of near vision sometimes occurring with aging because of swelling of the crystalline lens in incipient cataract. |
senopia
[senō′pē·ə]
Etymology: L, senex, old man, opsis, vision
an improvement in the near vision of the aged caused by the myopia associated with increasing lenticular nuclear sclerosis. This type of sclerosis commonly leads to the development of nuclear cataracts. Also called genontopia, second sight.
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