老ろう眼がん

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

presbyopia; age-related farsightedness

Medical and everyday term for the gradual loss of near focusing ability with age. Often used in compounds like 老眼鏡 (reading glasses).

• 最さい近きん、老ろう眼がんが進すすんで、細こまかい字じが読よみにくくなった。

  Lately my presbyopia has progressed, and it's become hard to read small print.

• 老ろう眼がんの人ひとは、遠とおくを見みるときに眼鏡めがねを外はずすことがある。

  People with presbyopia sometimes take off their glasses when looking at distant objects.