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cecutiency

cecutiency noun: partial blindness, or a tendency toward blindness.

Noun

cecutiency (uncountable)

  1. (dated, rare) Partial blindness, or a tendency toward blindness.
    • [T]here is in them [moles] no cecity, yet more then a cecutiency[…]1646, Thomas Browne, “Of Molls”, in Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], London: […] T[homas] H[arper] for Edward Dod, […], →OCLC, 3rd book, page 152
    • [H]e persevered steadily and unobtrusively in his philanthropic designs, and, at the same time, pursued his scientific and philosophical labours with redoubled energy, to enable him to check, if possible, the national cecutiency.1827, M. Samuels, Memoirs of Moses Mendelsohn^([sic]), 2nd edition, London: Longman and Co., page 20

Examples of cecutiency in a sentence

  • [I]t is important in considering cecutiency to include those whose better eye is completely normal if the individual's visual capacity is limited because of problems in the other eye.1964, Reverend Thomas J. Carroll, Impaired Vision and Blindness: The Prevention of Disability, Social Isolation, and Untimely Death...
  • In addition, cecutiency is often accompanied by uncertainty about the future stability, improvement, or progression of the visual impairment.2000 [1981], Walter C. Stolov, Michael R. Clowers, editors, Handbook of Severe Disability: A Text for Rehabilitation Counselors, Other...

Origin of cecutiency

From Latin caecūtīre (“to be blind”), from caecus (“blind”).

Questions about cecutiency

What does cecutiency mean?
Cecutiency means partial blindness, or a tendency toward blindness.
How do you use cecutiency in a sentence?
[I]t is important in considering cecutiency to include those whose better eye is completely normal if the individual's visual capacity is limited because of problems in the other eye.
What part of speech is cecutiency?
Cecutiency is a noun.

Words near cecutiency in the dictionary

  1. cecropin
  2. cecropins
  3. CECS
  4. cecum
  5. cecums
  6. cecutiency
  7. Cecy
  8. CED
  9. CEDA
  10. CEDAC
  11. CEDACs

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