Crossword-Solution: NYCTALOPIA 10 letters, 3 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 17

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Nyctalopia n. A disease of the eye, in consequence of which the
patient can see well in a faint light or at twilight, but is unable to
see during the day or in a strong light; day blindness.
Nyctalopia n. See Moonblink.

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Difficulty in seeing in dim light 1 answer
Night-blindness 1 answer
reduced visual capacity in faint light (as at night), night blindness 1 answer
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Nyctalopia etymologically means night blindness, but the general usage, making the term mean night-vision, is so strongly intrenched that it is useless and confusing to attempt any reinstatement of the old significance.
Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine George M. Gould 1996
His nyctalopia was a great advantage, his cat-like sight enabling him to distinguish the smallest object in the deepest gloom.
In Search of the Castaways Jules Verne 2000
The moon shone brightly forth for the first part of the march, but no sooner did it become obscured than a considerable number of the marines were seized with a temporary defective vision very common within the tropics, called, "Nyctalopia," or night blindness.
James Braithwaite, the Supercargo W.H.G. Kingston 2007
Nyctalopia.] (Med.) Defn: 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.
Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Various 2009
Defn: A temporary blindness, or impairment of sight, said to be caused by sleeping in the moonlight; -- sometimes called nyctalopia.
Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Various 2009