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Blindness

//ˈblaɪndnəs// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The condition of being blind; unable to see. uncountable, usually

    "DHPG […] is effective in fighting Cytomegalovirus (CMV), a common virus which, for PWAs, can cause CMV retinitis — a condition which can lead to blindness within weeks."

  2. 2
    the state of being blind or lacking sight wordnet
  3. 3
    Want of intellectual or moral discernment; mental darkness; ignorance, heedlessness. figuratively, uncountable, usually

    "A tormenting hunger shuddered through her and she wished she could put aside the power. Oh, to be as others were — blind in that safest of all blindnesses, living only the hypnoidal half-life into which birth-shock precipitated most humans."

  4. 4
    concealment obsolete, uncountable, usually

Etymology

From Middle English blyndnes, blyndnesse, from Old English blindnes (“blindness”), equivalent to blind + -ness.

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