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therapy

n.

1. remediation of physical, mental, or behavioral disorders or disease.

2. see psychotherapy.

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presbyopia

presbyopia

n. a normal, age-related change in vision due to decreased lens elasticity and accommodative ability, resulting in reduced ability to focus vision on near tasks (e.g., reading). Usually beginning in middle age, presbyopia is correctable with reading glasses or glasses with bifocal or trifocal lenses.