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Question
Name an old age eye defect. What happens in it?
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Solution
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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the biological/technical terms for the lens of eye losing flexibility resulting in a kind of long-sightedness in middle aged people.
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| A | B |



