night blindness
night blindness noun: the optic condition nyctalopia, the inability to see clearly in faint light, as at night.
Noun
night blindness (countable and uncountable, plural night blindnesses)
- The optic condition nyctalopia, the inability to see clearly in faint light, as at night.
- Synonyms:
- moon blindness
night blindness meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Telugu
night blindness in Hindi
- nyctalopia; the inability to see clearly in faint light
- रतौंधी rataundhī
night blindness in Tamil
- nyctalopia; the inability to see clearly in faint light
- மாலைக்கண் mālaikkaṇ
night blindness in Urdu
- رتوندھا, شب کوری
night blindness in Telugu
- nyctalopia; the inability to see clearly in faint light
- రేచీకటి rēcīkaṭi
More languagesFewer languages
- night blindness in Malayalam
- നിശാന്ധത niśāndhata
- night blindness in Kannada
- ಇರುಳುಗಣ್ಣು iruḷugaṇṇu
- night blindness in Gujarati
- રતાંધળાપણું ratāndhaḷāpaṇū̃
- night blindness in Malay
- bilar, rabun ayam
- night blindness in Indonesian
- buta senja, buta ayam
- night blindness in Vietnamese
- quáng gà
Synonyms of night blindness
Forms of night blindness
| plural | night blindnesses |
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Words formed from night blindness
Questions about night blindness
- What does night blindness mean?
- Night blindness means the optic condition nyctalopia, the inability to see clearly in faint light, as at night.
- What is night blindness in Hindi?
- Night blindness in Hindi is रतौंधी (rataundhī). See Night blindness meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is night blindness?
- Night blindness is a noun.
- What is the plural of night blindness?
- The plural of night blindness is night blindnesses.
Words near night blindness in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: night blindness (page history and authors); night blindness (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ಇರುಳುಗಣ್ಣು (Kannada) (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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