-opia

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-opia

suff.
A visual condition or defect of a specified kind: anisometropia.

[Greek -ōpiā, from ōps, ōp-, eye; see Pelops.]
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-opia

n combining form
(Medicine) indicating a visual defect or condition: myopia.
[from Greek, from ōps eye]
-opic adj combining form
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-opia

a combining form occurring in words denoting a condition of sight or of the visual organs: hyperopia; presbyopia.
[< Greek]
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Presbyopia is derived from "presbys" meaning "old man" or "elder," and the Neo-latin suffix "-opia", meaning "sightedness." No standard definition of presbyopia exists.
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