night blindness
Americannoun
noun
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Origin of night blindness
First recorded in 1745–55
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George Plumridge has retinitis pigmentosa and night blindness, and said the Ticketmaster website was "really inaccessible" and despite having all the tools he "just couldn't do it".
From BBC • May 26, 2024
"The mechanism that causes G90D night blindness could be similar in the three other rhodopsin mutations that cause this condition," Chai says.
From Science Daily • May 16, 2024
In humans, a genetic alteration here decreases the stability and effectiveness of rhodopsin pigments in the retina, sparking a condition known as congenital stationary night blindness.
From Science Magazine • Mar. 23, 2023
He is afflicted by night blindness, a possible consequence of his own malnutrition early in life.
From Scientific American • Sep. 22, 2021
Despite night blindness, the Pole Star would follow, sniffing at them with its radar arrays.
From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
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