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Webster 1913 Edition
Hemeralopia
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Hemˊe-ra-lo′pi-a
,Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK], the opposite of [GREEK]; [GREEK] day + [GREEK] of [GREEK]. See
Nyctalopia
.] (Med.)
A disease of the eyes, in consequence of which a person can see clearly or without pain only by daylight or a strong artificial light; day sight.
☞ Some writers (as Quain) use the word in the opposite sense, i. e., day blindness. See
Nyctalopia
.