nyctalopia

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  1. noun See night blindness.

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  1. Late Latin nyctalōpia, from Greek nuktalōps, night-blind : nux, nukt-, night; see nekw-t- in Indo-European roots + alaos, blind + ōps, ōp-, eye; see okw- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Late Latin nyctalopia (dubious), from Greek *νυκταλωπία (not found), equivalent to νυκταλωπίασις, from νυκτάλωψ (later L. nyctalops), explained and taken by ancient authors both as ‘not being able to see at night, night-blind,’ and as ‘able to see only at night’; from νίξ (νυκτ -), night, + ω̆ψ, eye, √ ὀπ, see. The form νυκτάλωψ also appears as νυκτίλωψ, as if involving νυκτι-, combining form of νύξ, but the λ remains unexplained; it is perhaps due to confusion with νυκταλός, a doubtful variant of νυσταλός, drowsy.
 

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