nyctalopia
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- nyctalopic adjective
Etymology
Origin of nyctalopia
1675–85; < Late Latin nyctalōpia < Greek nykt- nyct- + al ( aós ) blind + -ōpia -opia
Example Sentences
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The villain of Black Limelight suffers from "nyctalopia."
From Time Magazine Archive
Butellise, or night-blindness, described, 332. --------, or nyctalopia, an ophthalmia that affects our seamen in the Mediterranean, 433.
From An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa by Jackson, James Grey
His nyctalopia was a great advantage, his cat-like sight enabling him to distinguish the smallest object in the deepest gloom.
From In Search of the Castaways; or the Children of Captain Grant by Verne, Jules
Government, offer to it, to discover the remedy for nyctalopia, 335.
From An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa by Jackson, James Grey
A temporary evening blindness occasioned by sleeping in the moonshine in tropical climates; it is technically designated nyctalopia.
From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir
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