- night-blindness, nyctalopia
- العَشا (العَمَى اللَّيليّ) \ night-blindness, nyctalopia. \ _(field) Med.
Arabic-English glossary. 2015.
night-blindness, nyctalopia
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night-blindness — nightˈ blindness noun Inability to see in a dim light, nyctalopia • • • Main Entry: ↑night … Useful english dictionary
Night blindness — Impaired vision in dim light and in the dark, due to impaired function of specific vision cells (namely, the rods) in the retina. The ability of our eyes to quickly view objects as they shift from light to dark areas and the ability to see in dim … Medical dictionary
night blindness — nightblind, adj. Ophthalm. a condition of the eyes in which vision is normal in daylight but abnormally poor at night or in a dim light; nyctalopia. [1745 55] * * * ▪ physiology also called nyctalopia failure of the eye to adapt promptly … Universalium
night blindness — the inability to see in dim light or at night. It is due to a disorder of the cells in the retina that are responsible for vision in dim light (see rod), and can result from dietary deficiency of vitamin A. If the vitamin deficiency is allowed to … The new mediacal dictionary
night blindness — Synonyms and related words: Lombardy leprosy, anemia, ariboflavinosis, beriberi, cachexia, chlorosis, day blindness, deficiency anemia, dermatitis, goiter, greensickness, hemeralopia, keratomalacia, kwashiorkor, maidism, malnutrition, moon… … Moby Thesaurus
night blindness — noun The optic condition nyctalopia, the inability to see clearly in faint light, as at night Syn: moon blindness … Wiktionary
night blindness — noun inability to see clearly in dim light; due to a deficiency of vitamin A or to a retinal disorder • Syn: ↑nyctalopia, ↑moon blindness • Hypernyms: ↑visual impairment, ↑visual defect, ↑vision defect, ↑visual disorder, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
night blindness — see nyctalopia … Dictionary of Hallucinations
night blindness — noun less technical term for nyctalopia … English new terms dictionary
night blindness — /ˈnaɪt blaɪndnəs/ (say nuyt bluyndnuhs) noun → nyctalopia …
nyctalopia — Night blindness. Nyctalopia comes to us from the Latin word nyctalops, which means suffering from night blindness. It is ultimately derived from the Greek word nyktalops, which was formed by combining the word for night ( nyx ) with the words… … Glossary of Art Terms
