blindness — index ignorance, nescience Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
Blindness — This article is about the visual condition. For other uses, see Blindness (disambiguation). Blindness Classification and external resources A white cane, the international symbol of blindness ICD … Wikipedia
Legal blindness — The definition varies from country to country. In the United States, the definition of legal blindness is: {{}}Visual acuity of 20/200 or worse in the better eye with corrective lenses (20/200 means that a person must be at 20 feet from an eye… … Medical dictionary
BLINDNESS — The standard Hebrew term for a blind person is (Heb. עִוֵּר) (ʿivver; Ex. 4:11; et al.), a noun in the form used for bodily defects. The abstract form is עִוָּרוֹן (ʿivvaron, blindness ; Deut. 28:28; Zech. 12:4). The word סַנְוֵרִים (sanverim;… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
blindness — 1. Loss of the sense of sight; absolute b. connotes no light perception. SEE ALSO: amblyopia, amaurosis. 2. Loss of visual appreciation of objects although visual acuity is normal. 3 … Medical dictionary
blindness — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Lack of sight Nouns 1. blindness, sightlessness, anopsia, cecity; total or legal blindness, binocular deprivation; blind spot; amaurosis; cataract; dimsightedness (See vision); benightedness; night or… … English dictionary for students
blindness — See blindingly. * * * Inability to see with one or both eyes. Transient blindness (blackout) can result from vertical acceleration causing high gravitational forces, glomerulonephritis (a kidney disease), or a clot in a blood vessel of the eye.… … Universalium
blindness — noun the state of being blind or lacking sight (Freq. 7) • Syn: ↑sightlessness, ↑cecity • Derivationally related forms: ↑sightless (for: ↑sightlessness), ↑blind … Useful english dictionary
legal blindness — noun vision that is 20/200 or worse in both eyes (20/200 vision is the ability to see at 20 feet what a normal eye can see at 200 feet) • Hypernyms: ↑blindness, ↑sightlessness, ↑cecity … Useful english dictionary
legal blindness — noun A degree of visual acuity that is low enough to determine that a person needs special assistance … Wiktionary
