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NIGHT BLINDNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does night blindness mean? 

NIGHT BLINDNESS (noun)
  The noun NIGHT BLINDNESS has 1 sense:

1. inability to see clearly in dim light; due to a deficiency of vitamin A or to a retinal disorderplay

  Familiarity information: NIGHT BLINDNESS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


NIGHT BLINDNESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Inability to see clearly in dim light; due to a deficiency of vitamin A or to a retinal disorder

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

moon blindness; night blindness; nyctalopia

Hypernyms ("night blindness" is a kind of...):

avitaminosis; hypovitaminosis (any of several diseases caused by deficiency of one or more vitamins)

vision defect; visual defect; visual disorder; visual impairment (impairment of the sense of sight)


 Context examples 


An X chromosome-linked abnormality characterized by atrophy of the choroid and degeneration of the retinal pigment epithelium causing night blindness.

(Choroideremia, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)



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