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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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ONCHOCERCIASIS
(noun) infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America
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