photophobia
[foh-tuh-foh-bee-uh]
- an abnormal sensitivity to or intolerance of light, as in iritis.
- an abnormal fear of light.
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The photophobia may be very severe when the local changes are slight.
And as to the name itself, there is hydrophobia, and photophobia, and Anglophobia—so why not microbophobia?
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There are weakness of vision and photophobia, but there are no ophthalmoscopic changes.
The pupil is usually dilated, the cornea becomes opaque and may ulcerate, and there is photophobia and sometimes diplopia.
In some cases there was photophobia, and he has also found paralysis of accommodation and conjunctivitis.
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1 (of 6)Havelock Ellis
photophobia
- pathol abnormal sensitivity of the eyes to light, esp as the result of inflammation
- psychiatry abnormal fear of or aversion to sunlight or well-lit places
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photophobia
(fō′tə-fō′bē-ə)- An abnormal sensitivity to or intolerance of light, especially by the eyes, as may be caused by eye inflammation, lack of pigmentation in the iris, or various diseases.
- An abnormal or irrational fear of light.
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