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nyctalopy

nyctalopy is the archaic form of nyctalopia.

Meaning of nyctalopia

Noun

nyctalopia (countable and uncountable, plural nyctalopias or nyctalopiae)

  1. The inability to see clearly in dim light; night blindness

Questions about nyctalopy

What is nyctalopy the archaic form of?
Nyctalopy is the archaic form of nyctalopia.

Words near nyctalopy in the dictionary

  1. nyctalopiae
  2. nyctalopias
  3. nyctalopic
  4. nyctalopin
  5. nyctalops
  6. nyctalopy
  7. nyctanthous
  8. nyctanthy
  9. nyctemeral
  10. nycteribiid
  11. nycteribiids

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nyctalopy (page history and authors); nyctalopia (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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