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hemeralopia

Syllables: hem·er·a·lo·pi·aUS/ˌhɛm.əɹ.əˈloʊ.pi.ə/

hemeralopia noun: the inability to see clearly in bright light; day blindness.

Noun

hemeralopia (plural hemeralopias)

  1. The inability to see clearly in bright light; day blindness.
  2. (archaic) Night blindness.

hemeralopia meaning in Tamil and Bengali

hemeralopia in Tamil

பகல் குருடு, ஒளிப்பார்வயின்மை, பகல் குருடர்

hemeralopia in Bengali

দিনে অন্ধ থাকা

Forms of hemeralopia

pluralhemeralopias

Origin of hemeralopia

Borrowed from New Latin hēmeralōpia, from Ancient Greek ἡμεραλωπία (hēmeralōpía). From ἡμέρα (hēmérā, “day”), ἀλαός (alaos, “blind”), and ὄψ (ops, “eye”).

Words formed from hemeralopia

Questions about hemeralopia

What does hemeralopia mean?
Hemeralopia means the inability to see clearly in bright light; day blindness.
What is hemeralopia in Tamil?
Hemeralopia in Tamil is பகல் குருடு, ஒளிப்பார்வயின்மை, பகல் குருடர். See Hemeralopia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is hemeralopia?
Hemeralopia is a noun.
How do you pronounce hemeralopia?
Hemeralopia is pronounced /ˌhɛm.əɹ.əˈloʊ.pi.ə/ (US).
What is the plural of hemeralopia?
The plural of hemeralopia is hemeralopias.

Words near hemeralopia in the dictionary

  1. hemeproteins
  2. Hemera
  3. hemeral
  4. hemeralope
  5. hemeralopes
  6. hemeralopia
  7. hemeralopias
  8. hemeralopic
  9. hemeranthous
  10. Hemerdon
  11. Hemerobaptism

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hemeralopia (page history and authors); hemeralopia (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hemeralopia (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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