blindness
111red-blindness — noun dichromacy characterized by lowered sensitivity to long wavelengths of light resulting in an inability to distinguish red and purplish blue • Syn: ↑protanopia • Derivationally related forms: ↑red blind, ↑protanopic (for: ↑protanopia) …
112snow-blindness — noun temporary blindness caused by exposure to sunlight reflected from snow or ice • Syn: ↑snowblindness • Derivationally related forms: ↑snow blind (for: ↑snowblindness) • Hypernyms: ↑blindness, ↑ …
113word blindness — noun inability to perceive written words • Syn: ↑visual aphasia, ↑alexia • Hypernyms: ↑aphasia * * * ˈword blindness 7 [word blindness] noun …
114yellow-blue color blindness — noun confusion of yellow and blue • Syn: ↑yellow blue dichromacy • Hypernyms: ↑dichromacy, ↑dichromatism, ↑dichromatopsia, ↑dichromia, ↑dichromasy • Hyponyms: ↑ …
115flash blindness — noun Blindness caused by the flash of the explosion of a powerful bomb, etc • • • Main Entry: ↑flash …
116color-blindness — ˈcolour blindness ; (especially US ˈcolor blindness) noun uncountable Main entry: ↑colour blindderived …
117Color blindness — Color Col or (k[u^]l [ e]r), n. [Written also {colour}.] [OF. color, colur, colour, F. couleur, L. color; prob. akin to celare to conceal (the color taken as that which covers). See {Helmet}.] 1. A property depending on the relations of light to… …
118Day blindness — Day Day (d[=a]), n. [OE. day, dai, dei, AS. d[ae]g; akin to OS., D., Dan., & Sw. dag, G. tag, Icel. dagr, Goth. dags; cf. Skr. dah (for dhagh ?) to burn. [root]69. Cf. {Dawn}.] 1. The time of light, or interval between one night and the next; the …
119Moon blindness — Moon Moon (m[=oo]n), n. [OE. mone, AS. m[=o]na; akin to D. maan, OS. & OHG. m[=a]no, G. mond, Icel. m[=a]ni, Dan. maane, Sw. m[*a]ne, Goth. m[=e]na, Lith. men[*u], L. mensis month, Gr. mh nh moon, mh n month, Skr. m[=a]s moon, month; prob. from a …
120Night blindness — Night Night (n[imac]t), n. [OE. night, niht, AS. neaht, niht; akin to D. nacht, OS. & OHG. naht, G. nacht, Icel. n[=o]tt, Sw. natt, Dan. nat, Goth. nahts, Lith. naktis, Russ. noche, W. nos, Ir. nochd, L. nox, noctis, Gr. ny x, nykto s, Skr. nakta …
