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Definition of Hemeralopia
1. Noun. Inability to see clearly in bright light.
Generic synonyms: Vision Defect, Visual Defect, Visual Disorder, Visual Impairment
Definition of Hemeralopia
1. n. A disease of the eyes, in consequence of which a person can see clearly or without pain only by daylight or a strong artificial light; day sight.
Definition of Hemeralopia
1. Noun. (medicine) The inability to see clearly in bright light; day blindness ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Hemeralopia
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Hemeralopia
Literary usage of Hemeralopia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"Test for Night-blindness (hemeralopia) Darken the room, and note whether the
patient can see as long as the normal examiner and can as quickly adapt himself ..."
2. Text-book of Ophthalmology by Ernst Fuchs (1911)
"hemeralopia originates in a disturbance of nutrition of the retina, the nature
and causes of which have not yet been fully investigated. ..."
3. A Treatise on the Diseases of the Eye by William Lawrence (1833)
"hemeralopia is that state of vision in The two states of vision, in one of which
persons see imperfectly or are blind by night, and in the other, by day, ..."
4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1916)
"... areas are less sharply cut than had previously been supposed, and perhaps
correspond after all with the diffuse picture in the nerves. hemeralopia ..."
5. The Half-yearly Abstract of the Medical Sciences: Being a Digest of British edited by William Harcourt Ranking, Charles Bland Radcliffe, William Dommett Stone (1864)
"On a Lesion of the Conjunctiva coinciding with hemeralopia. ... In a recent report
on hemeralopia, M. Gosselin noticed the fact of slight blepharitis or ..."
6. A Practical Treatise on Ophthalmology by Lawrance Webster Fox (1920)
"hemeralopia or night-blindness seldom occurs as a functional disorder except in
cases of general debility, starvation, anemia, and scurvy. ..."
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