nyctalopic

nyctalopic
Unable to see clearly in low light; night-blind; suffering from nyctalopia.

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  • nyctalopic — See nyctalopia. * * * …   Universalium

  • nyctalopic — adj. pertaining to nyctalopia (night blindness, poor sight in darkness) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • nyctalopic — nyc·ta·lop·ic …   English syllables

  • nyctalopic — adjective see nyctalopia …   Useful english dictionary

  • nyctalopia — nyctalopic /nik tl op ik/, adj. /nik tl oh pee euh/, n. Ophthalm. 1. See night blindness. 2. hemeralopia. [1675 85; < LL nyctalopia < Gk nykt NYCT + al(aós) blind + opia OPIA] * * * …   Universalium

  • night-blind — adjective unable to see clearly in low light; suffering from night blindness. Syn: moon blind, nyctalopic See Also: day blind, hemeralopic …   Wiktionary

  • benighted — Synonyms and related words: ableptical, amaurotic, backward, bereft of light, blind, color blind, dark, dim sighted, empty headed, eyeless, hemeralopic, ignorant, illiterate, in darkness, in the dark, know nothing, mind blind, naive, night… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • blind — Synonyms and related words: ableptical, abstruse, alibi, amaurotic, ambuscade, ambush, ambushment, amorphous, apology, art, artful dodge, artifice, automatic, awning, back band, backstrap, bag of tricks, bamboozle, bandage, bat, be bright, beach… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • color blind — Synonyms and related words: ableptical, amaurotic, benighted, bereft of light, blind, dark, dim sighted, eyeless, hemeralopic, in darkness, mind blind, nyctalopic, rayless, sightless, spiritually blind, stark blind, stone blind, undiscerning,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • dark — Synonyms and related words: Egyptian darkness, Erebus, Gothicism, Stygian, ableptical, abominable, abstruse, adiaphanous, age of ignorance, amaurotic, amoral, amorphous, amorphousness, apocalyptic, arcane, arrant, atramentous, atrocious, bad,… …   Moby Thesaurus

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