hemeralopia

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word hemeralopia. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word hemeralopia, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say hemeralopia in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word hemeralopia you have here. The definition of the word hemeralopia will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofhemeralopia, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: hemeralopía

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἡμεραλωπία (hēmeralōpía). From ἡμέρα (hēmérā, “day”), ἀλαός (alaos, “blind”), and ὄψ (ops, “eye”).

Noun

English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

hemeralopia (plural hemeralopias)

  1. (medicine) The inability to see clearly in bright light; day blindness.
  2. (medicine, archaic) Night blindness.

Translations

See also

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhemerɑlopiɑ/,
  • Rhymes: -iɑ
  • Hyphenation(key): he‧me‧ra‧lo‧pia

Etymology 1

From English hemeralopia, from Ancient Greek ἡμεραλωπία (hēmeralōpía).

Noun

hemeralopia

  1. (medicine) day blindness, 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.
Possessive forms of hemeralopia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

Etymology 2

From German Hemeralopie, from Ancient Greek ἡμεραλωπία (hēmeralōpía).

Noun

hemeralopia (archaic)

  1. (medicine) night blindness, nyctalopia
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.
Possessive forms of hemeralopia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἡμεράλωψ (hēmerálōps).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /emeɾaˈlopja/
  • Rhymes: -opja
  • Syllabification: he‧me‧ra‧lo‧pia

Noun

hemeralopia f (uncountable)

  1. night blindness, nyctalopia