hemeralopia
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See also: hemeralopía
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἡμεραλωπία (hēmeralōpía). From ἡμέρα (hēmérā, “day”), ἀλαός (alaos, “blind”), and ὄψ (ops, “eye”).
Noun
hemeralopia (plural hemeralopias)
- (medicine) The inability to see clearly in bright light; day blindness.
- (medicine, archaic) Night blindness.
Translations
day blindness — see day blindness
See also
Finnish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From English hemeralopia, from Ancient Greek ἡμεραλωπία (hēmeralōpía).
Noun
hemeralopia
Declension
| Inflection of hemeralopia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | hemeralopia | hemeralopiat | |
| genitive | hemeralopian | hemeralopioiden hemeralopioitten | |
| partitive | hemeralopiaa | hemeralopioita | |
| illative | hemeralopiaan | hemeralopioihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | hemeralopia | hemeralopiat | |
| accusative | nom. | hemeralopia | hemeralopiat |
| gen. | hemeralopian | ||
| genitive | hemeralopian | hemeralopioiden hemeralopioitten hemeralopiain rare | |
| partitive | hemeralopiaa | hemeralopioita | |
| inessive | hemeralopiassa | hemeralopioissa | |
| elative | hemeralopiasta | hemeralopioista | |
| illative | hemeralopiaan | hemeralopioihin | |
| adessive | hemeralopialla | hemeralopioilla | |
| ablative | hemeralopialta | hemeralopioilta | |
| allative | hemeralopialle | hemeralopioille | |
| essive | hemeralopiana | hemeralopioina | |
| translative | hemeralopiaksi | hemeralopioiksi | |
| abessive | hemeralopiatta | hemeralopioitta | |
| instructive | — | hemeralopioin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Etymology 2
From German Hemeralopie, from Ancient Greek ἡμεραλωπία (hēmeralōpía).
Noun
hemeralopia (archaic)
Spanish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἡμεράλωψ (hēmerálōps).
Pronunciation
Noun
hemeralopia f (uncountable)