xanthopia

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noun

A visual disorder in which things appear yellowish.

Scrabble 21

Meanings

nounxanthopia (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA visual disorder in which things appear yellowish.

    An icteric discoloration of the sclerotic — a quite common symptom in xanthopia from arsenical poisoning — is very seldom observed.

    1883, Louis Lewin, The Untoward Effects of Drugs, page 98
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    There is sensation of foreign body irritation, more or less photophobia and lacrimation, frequently persistent after images, and occasionally scotoma, erythema and xanthopia.

    1933, Henry Laurens, The Physiological Effects of Radiant Energy, number 62, page 153
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