night blindness


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

Origin of night blindness

1
First recorded in 1745–55

Other words from night blindness

  • nightblind, adjective

Words Nearby night blindness

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British Dictionary definitions for night blindness

night blindness

noun
  1. pathol a nontechnical term for nyctalopia

Derived forms of night blindness

  • nightblind, adjective

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