nyctalopy
(ˈnɪktələʊpɪ)
Also 7 -ie.
[Anglicized form of nyctalopia.]
Nyctalopia.
| 1661 Lovell Hist. Anim. & Min. 110 The liver cureth the nyctalopie, the eyes being washed with the decoction. 1818 Todd, Nyctalopy, a disease or indisposition of the eye, in which a person sees better by night than by day. 1879 Lewis & Short Lat. Dict., Nyctalopia, the disease of one who cannot see in the twilight, nyctalopy. |