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daysight

daysight noun: night blindness.

Noun

daysight (uncountable)

  1. night blindness
    • Hemeralopia, daysight, or night-blindness, is more common than is generally supposed.1920, The Optical Journal and Review of Optometry, volume 45, page 929

Forms of daysight

alternative formday-sight

Origin of daysight

From day + sight.

Questions about daysight

What does daysight mean?
Daysight means night blindness.
What part of speech is daysight?
Daysight is a noun.

Words near daysight in the dictionary

  1. dayshifters
  2. dayshifts
  3. dayshine
  4. dayside
  5. daysides
  6. daysight
  7. daysleeper
  8. daysleepers
  9. dayslong
  10. daysman
  11. daysmen

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