anopia

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noun

State or condition of sightlessness, often due to medical reasons.

Opposite
Scrabble 8

Meanings

nounanopia (countable and uncountable, plural anopias)

plural anopias

  1. countableuncountablemedicineState or condition of sightlessness, often due to medical reasons.

    Synonyms: blindness, sightlessness

Synonyms & antonyms

nounState or condition of sightlessness, often due to medical reasons.

Opposite

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*ə-
  4. Ancient Greekᾰ̓- (ă-)
  5. Ancient Greekἀν- (an-)
  6. Englishan-
  7. Englishanopia

From an- + -opia.

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Translations

Danish anopsi, anopi
  • anopsimedical condition
  • anopimedical condition
Dutch anopsie, anopsia
  • anopsiemedical condition
  • anopsiamedical condition
  • anopiemedical condition
  • anopiamedical condition
French manque de vision
  • manque de visionmedical condition
German Anopsie, Anopie
  • Anopsiemedical condition
  • Anopiemedical condition
Greek ανωπία
  • ανωπία (anopía)medical condition
Portuguese cegueira
  • cegueiramedical condition

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APA

anopia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anopia

MLA

“anopia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anopia. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “anopia,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anopia.

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