nyctalopia

American  

[nik-tl-oh-pee-uh] / ˌnɪk tlˈoʊ pi ə /

noun

Ophthalmology.

1. night blindness.

2. hemeralopia.

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nyctalopia British  

/ ˌnɪktəˈləʊpɪə /

noun

1. Nontechnical name: night blindness.  inability to see normally in dim light Compare hemeralopia

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Other Word Forms

• nyctalopic adjective

Etymology

Origin of nyctalopia

1675–85; < Late Latin nyctalōpia < Greek nykt- nyct- + al ( aós ) blind + -ōpia -opia

Example Sentences

The villain of Black Limelight suffers from "nyctalopia."

From Time Magazine Archive

A temporary evening blindness occasioned by sleeping in the moonshine in tropical climates; it is technically designated nyctalopia.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir

Butellise, or night-blindness, described, 332. --------, or nyctalopia, an ophthalmia that affects our seamen in the Mediterranean, 433.

From An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa by Jackson, James Grey

Day sight, the nyctalopia of some authors, is said to be endemic in some countries,—Poland, the West Indies, Brazil, and various intertropical regions.

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)

Government, offer to it, to discover the remedy for nyctalopia, 335.

From An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa by Jackson, James Grey