ˈnight-blindness Path.
[f. night n. + blindness. Cf. Du. nachtblindheid, G. -heit, Sw. nattblindhet.]
= nyctalopia.
| 1754 Med. Obs. & Inq. (1776) I. 120 Galen explains the word by a night-blindness. 1814 [see hemeralopia]. 1834 Cycl. Pract. Med. III. 184/1 Night-blindness has been described as endemic in different countries. 1887 C. A. Moloney Forestry W. Afr. 375 In Travancore the juice from them is applied in cases of night-blindness. 1898 Allbutt's Syst. Med. V. 597 A man..will not show night-blindness, unless he be also exposed to very bright light. |
So night-blind a.
| 1898 Allbutt's Syst. Med. V. 597 Perfectly vigorous well⁓fed men, if exposed to sufficient glare, become night-blind. |