HEMERALOPIA

hemeralopia, day blindness

(noun) inability to see clearly in bright light

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

hemeralopia (plural hemeralopias)

(medicine) The inability to see clearly in bright light; day blindness

(medicine, archaic) night blindness

Source: Wiktionary


Hem`e*ra*lo"pi*a, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. Nyctalopia.] (Med.)

Definition: A disease of the eyes, in consequence of which a person can see clearly or without pain only by daylight or a strong artificial light; day sight.

Note: Some writers (as Quain) use the word in the opposite sense, i. e., day blindness. See Nyctalopia.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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