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Pain in the eye resulting from exposure to bright light (often associated with albinism)
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photophobia
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Word definitions for photophobia in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1799, from photo- + -phobia . Related: Photophobic .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. (context medicine English) symptom of excessive sensitivity to light and the aversion to bright light. Etymology 2 n. The fear of and/or aversion toward being photographed, having photographs published, or viewing photographs.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
In biology , photophobia (adjective: photophobic ) refers to negative response to light. Photophobia is a behavior demonstrated by insects or other animals which seek to stay out of the light. In botany , the term photophobia/photophobic describes shade-loving ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Photophobia \Pho`to*pho"bi*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. fw^s, fwto`s, light + ? fear.] (Med.) A dread or intolerance of light. --Sir T. Watson.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a morbid fear of light pain in the eye resulting from exposure to bright light (often associated with albinism) [syn: photalgia ]
Usage examples of photophobia.
Photophobia, and even transient amblyopia, have been observed to follow small doses.
But the things that seized my whole attention were the yellow blobs of pus in the corners of the eyes, the mucopurulent discharge from the nostrils and the photophobia, which made the dog blink painfully at the light from the surgery window.
They have a congenital disorder, a kind of photophobia: allergy to strong light.
Bowman informs me that in the excessive photophobia, accompanying what is called scrofulous ophthalmia in children, when the light is so very painful that during weeks or months it is constantly excluded by the most forcible closure of the lids, he has often been struck on opening the lids by the paleness of the eye, --not an unnatural paleness, but an absence of the redness that might have been expected when the surface is somewhat inflamed, as is then usually the case.