day blindness

noun

The inability to see clearly in bright light; hemeralopia

Meanings

nounday blindness (uncountable)
  1. uncountablemedicineThe inability to see clearly in bright light; hemeralopia

    Synonyms: hemeralopia

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe inability to see clearly in bright light; hemeralopia

More synonyms by meaning

nouninability to see clearly in bright light

Broader
visual impairmentvisual defectvision defect
Also see

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Arabic خَفَش
  • خَفَش (ḵafaš)inability to see in bright light
Finnish päiväsokeus
  • päiväsokeusinability to see in bright light
Polish hemeralopia
  • hemeralopiainability to see in bright light
Slovak hemeralopia
  • hemeralopiainability to see in bright light
Spanish hemeralopía
  • hemeralopíainability to see in bright light
Cite this entry
APA

day blindness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/day%20blindness

MLA

“day blindness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/day%20blindness. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “day blindness,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/day%20blindness.

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