Meanings
- datedrareuncountablePartial blindness, or a tendency toward blindness.
[T]here is in them [moles] no cecity, yet more then a cecutiency[…]
1646, Thomas Browne, “Of Molls”, in Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], London: […] T[homas] H[arper] for Edward Dod, […], →OCLC, 3rd book, page 1523 more examples
[H]e persevered steadily and unobtrusively in his philanthropic designs, and, at the same time, pursued his scientific and philosophical labours with redoubled energy, to enable him to check, if possible, the national cecutiency.
1827, M. Samuels, Memoirs of Moses Mendelsohn^([sic]), 2nd edition, London: Longman and Co., page 20[I]t is important in considering cecutiency to include those whose better eye is completely normal if the individual's visual capacity is limited because of problems in the other eye.
1964, Reverend Thomas J. Carroll, Impaired Vision and Blindness: The Prevention of Disability, Social Isolation, and Untimely Death, Cleveland, Ohio, pages 33–34In addition, cecutiency is often accompanied by uncertainty about the future stability, improvement, or progression of the visual impairment.
2000 [1981], Walter C. Stolov, Michael R. Clowers, editors, Handbook of Severe Disability: A Text for Rehabilitation Counselors, Other Vocational Practitioners, and Allied Health Professionals, U.S. Department of Education; Rehabilitation Services Administration, →ISBN, page 385, DIANE Publishing
Origin
- Latincaecūtīre“to be blind”
- Englishcecutiency
From Latin caecūtīre (“to be blind”), from caecus (“blind”).
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