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moon blindness

moon blindness noun: a chronic equine inflammatory eye disease.

Noun

moon blindness (uncountable)

  1. A chronic equine inflammatory eye disease.
  2. The optical condition of night blindness: reduced eyesight in faint light.
    • The cavalry messenger dismounted after his moon blindness made it unsafe to ride on through the wilderness.

moon blindness meaning in Tamil

moon blindness in Tamil

நிலாக்குருடு

Origin of moon blindness

Once believed to be caused by exposure of the eyes to moonlight during sleep.

Questions about moon blindness

What does moon blindness mean?
Moon blindness means a chronic equine inflammatory eye disease.
What is moon blindness in Tamil?
Moon blindness in Tamil is நிலாக்குருடு. See Moon blindness meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is moon blindness?
Moon blindness is a noun.

Words near moon blindness in the dictionary

  1. moon beam
  2. moon beams
  3. moon bear
  4. moon bears
  5. moon blind
  6. moon blindness
  7. moon block
  8. moon blocks
  9. moon boot
  10. moon boots
  11. moon bounce

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: moon blindness (page history and authors); moon blindness (Tamil 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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