48. Blindness
See also 148. EYES .
- ablepsia, ablepsy
- a lack or loss of sight. — ableptical, adj.
- amaurosis
- a condition of partial or total blindness, caused by a disease of the optie nerve. — amaurotic , adj.
- amblyopia, amblyopy
- obscurity of vision, occurring without any organic change in the eyes; the first stage of amaurosis. — amblyopic, adj.
- anopsy, anopsia, anoöpsia
- blindness.
- cecity
- blindness.
- chionablepsia
- Medicine. the condition of snow blindness.
- eluscation
- Obsolete, the state of having defective eyesight; purblindness.
- excecation
- Obsolete, the process of blinding.
- glaucoma
- a disease of the eyes, in which the eyeball hardens and becomes tense, often resulting in blindness. — glaucomatous , adj.
- hemeralopia
- the loss of sight in daylight. — hemeralopic , adj.
- noctograph
- a writing frame designed for use by blind people.
- nyctalopia
- the loss of sight in darkness. — nyctalopic , adj.
- optophone
- a device combining a selenium cell and telephone apparatus that converts light energy into sound energy, used to enable blind people to sense light through the hearing and thus read printed matter.
- scotograph
- an instrument for writing when unable to see.
- scotoma, scotomy
- a blind spot or blind area in the field of vision.
- typhlology
- the totality of medical knowledge concerning the causes, treatment, and prevention of blindness.
- typhlophile
- a person who devotes himself to helping the blind.
- typhlosis
- blindness. — typhlotic , adj.
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