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Name an Old Age Eye Defect. Why is It Caused?

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Name an old age eye defect. Why is it caused?

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उत्तर १

Presbyopia is an age-old eye defect. In this condition, the lens loses flexibility resulting in far-sightedness.

Cataract is also very common in old people, the cornea becomes opaque and the vision is cut down even to blindness.

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उत्तर २

Hypermetropia. It is caused due to flattening of the eye lens (Also presbyopia in which lens looses flexibility).

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अध्याय 8: The Nervous System and Sense Organs - Short Questions

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आईसीएसई Biology [English] Class 10 ICSE
अध्याय 8 The Nervous System and Sense Organs
Short Questions | Q 17

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