Moonblink

Moonblink
Moonblink Moon"blink`, n. A temporary blindness, or impairment of sight, said to be caused by sleeping in the moonlight; -- sometimes called {nyctalopia}. [1913 Webster]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

Игры ⚽ Поможем решить контрольную работу

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Moonblink Communications — Moonblink Communications, Inc. Type Private Industry Wireless/Networking Distribution Founded 2004 Headquarters Sunnyvale, CA Products Networking hardware, IP Camer …   Wikipedia

  • moonblink —    see nyctalopia …   Dictionary of Hallucinations

  • nyctalopia — Moonblink Moon blink , n. A temporary blindness, or impairment of sight, said to be caused by sleeping in the moonlight; sometimes called {nyctalopia}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Nyctalopia — Nyc ta*lo pi*a (n[i^]k t[.a]*l[=o] p[i^]*[.a]), n. [L. nyctalopia, fr. nyctalops a nyctalops, Gr. nykta lwps. Gr. nykta lwps meant, a person affected either with day blindness or with night blindness, and in the former case was derived fr. ny x,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • LCARS — PADD redirects here. For the American WWII term, see Petroleum Administration for Defense Districts. LCARS LCARS screens, as seen in Star Trek Nemesis Plot element from the Star Trek franchise …   Wikipedia

  • Nyctalopia — Classification and external resources ICD 10 H53.6 ICD 9 368.6 Nyctalopia (from Gree …   Wikipedia

  • Deadeye — A triple deadeye without a lanyard A deadeye is an item used in the standing and running rigging of traditional sailing ships. It is a smallish round thick wooden (usually lignum vitae) disc with one or more holes through it, perpendicular to the …   Wikipedia

  • nyctalopia —    Also known as moonblink and night blindness. The term nyctalopia comes from the Greek words nux (night), alaos (blind), and ops (eye). The first known reference is found in the book Epidemics of the Hippocratic Corpus. In the Hip pocratic… …   Dictionary of Hallucinations

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”