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night blindness

–noun Ophthalmology.
a condition of the eyes in which vision is normal in daylight but abnormally poor at night or in a dim light; nyctalopia.

Origin:
1745–55


nightblind, adjective
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Main Entry: night blindness
Function: noun
: reduced visual capacity in faint light (as at night) called also nyctalopianight–blind /'nIt-"blInd/ adjective
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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night blindness n.
See nyctalopia.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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