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  • 91vision — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Sense of sight Nouns 1. vision, sight, optics, eyesight, seeing; view, look, espial, glance, ken; glimpse, glimmer, peep, coup d oeil; focus; gaze, stare, leer; perception, contemplation; regard, survey; …

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  • 92Dimsightedness — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Imperfect vision. >Fallacies of vision. < N PARAG:Dimsightedness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 dim sight dim sight dull sight half sight short sight near sight long sight double sight astigmatic sight failing sight Sgm: N… …

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  • 93hemeralopia — n. (Med.) 1. Day blindness, night sight, nyctalopia. 2. Night blindness, day sight, nyctalopia …

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  • 94xe|roph|thal|mi|a — «ZIHR of THAL mee uh», noun. an abnormal condition of mucous membrane of the eyeball, characterized by dryness and thickness, and often accompanied by night blindness or day blindness: »Malaria and yaws have been practically eliminated in central …

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  • 95Hemeralopia — Hem e*ra*lo pi*a, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, the opposite of ?; ? day + ? of ?. See {Nyctalopia}.] (Med.) 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.… …

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  • 97hemeralopia — hemeralopic /hem euhr euh lop ik/, adj. /hem euhr euh loh pee euh/, n. Ophthalm. a condition of the eyes in which sight is normal in the night or in a dim light but is abnormally poor or wholly absent in the day or in a bright light. Also called… …

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  • 98hemeralopia — hem•er•a•lo•pi•a [[t]ˌhɛm ər əˈloʊ pi ə[/t]] n. oph a condition in which vision is normal in the night or in dim light but is abnormally poor or wholly absent in the day or in bright light • Etymology: 1700–10; < Gk hēmeralōp , s. of… …

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  • 99hemeralopia — [hem΄ər ə lō′pē ə] n. [ModL < Gr hēmeralōps, day blindness (< hēmera, day + alaos, blind + ōps, EYE) + IA] a defect in the eye in which the vision is reduced in the daylight or in bright light: cf. NYCTALOPIA hemeralopic [hem΄ər əläp′ik]… …

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  • 100hem|er|a|lo|pi|a — «HEHM uhr uh LOH pee uh», noun. a condition of the eyes in which good vision is possible only at night or in dim light; day blindness. ╂[< New Latin hemeralopia < Greek hēméra day + alaós blind + eye] …

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