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Definition of Blindness
1. Noun. The state of being blind or lacking sight.
Exact synonyms: Cecity, Sightlessness
Specialized synonyms: Legal Blindness, Anopia, Snow-blindness, Snowblindness, Eyelessness, Figural Blindness
Generic synonyms: Vision Defect, Visual Defect, Visual Disorder, Visual Impairment
Derivative terms: Blind, Sightless
Specialized synonyms: Legal Blindness, Anopia, Snow-blindness, Snowblindness, Eyelessness, Figural Blindness
Generic synonyms: Vision Defect, Visual Defect, Visual Disorder, Visual Impairment
Derivative terms: Blind, Sightless
Definition of Blindness
1. n. State or condition of being blind, literally or figuratively.
Definition of Blindness
1. Noun. The condition of being blind; unable to see. ¹
2. Noun. (figuratively) Want of intellectual or moral discernment; mental darkness; ignorance, heedlessness. ¹
3. Noun. (obsolete) concealment ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Blindness
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Medical Definition of Blindness
1. The inability to see or the loss or absence of perception of visual stimuli. This condition may be the result of disorders in the organs of sight or of damage or injury to certain areas of the brain. (12 Dec 1998)