| hemeralopia | <medicine> 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. Some writers (as Quain) use the word in the opposite sense, i. E, day blindness. See Nyctalopia. Origin: NL, fr. Gr, the opposite of; day + of . See Nyctalopia. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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