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senile lenticular myopia --> second sight

1. (Science: ophthalmology) Improved near vision in the aged as a result of increased refractivity of the nucleus of the lens causing myopia.

Synonym: senile lenticular myopia.

2. The power of discerning what is not visible to the physical eye, or of foreseeing future events. Such as are of a disastrous kind, the capacity of a seer or prophetic vision.