Hemeralopia
//ˌhɛm.əɹ.əˈloʊ.pi.ə// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
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Noun
- 1 The inability to see clearly in bright light; day blindness.
- 2 inability to see clearly in bright light wordnet
- 3 Night blindness. archaic
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Borrowed from New Latin hēmeralōpia, from Ancient Greek ἡμεραλωπία (hēmeralōpía). From ἡμέρα (hēmérā, “day”), ἀλαός (alaos, “blind”), and ὄψ (ops, “eye”).
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