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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: inability to see clearly in bright light [syn: hemeralopia, day blindness]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Hemeralopia Hem`e*ra*lo"pi*a, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, the opposite of ?; ? day + ? of ?. See Nyctalopia.] (Med.) A disease of the eyes, in consequence of which a person can see clearly or without pain only by daylight or a strong artificial light; day sight. Note: Some writers (as Quain) use the word in the opposite sense, i. e., day blindness. See Nyctalopia.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. (Med.) 1. Day-blindness, night-sight, nyctalopia. 2. Night-blindness, day-sight, nyctalopia.