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blindness

blindness

70 3.1
A condition in which a person cannot see because of injury, disease, or being born that way
  • noun
  • /ˈblaɪndnəs/
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  • Did she ever tell you what caused her blindness?
  • visual impairment and blindness
  • low vision and blindness
  • causes of blindness

What's the number one cause of vision loss and blindness amongst working age adults?

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Examples

  • So to the people who say who fear blindness so much, what would you say to them?

  • What's the number one cause of vision loss and blindness amongst working age adults?

  • And what is important is it's a leading cause of blindness in in children.

  • Only this spring, a woman begged me to try to heal her blindness of many years' standing.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • The number three most common cause of preventable blindness is cataracts.

  • Meanwhile, a doctor friend has suggested that Gertrude's blindness might be cured by an operation.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Early diagnosis and proper treatment are necessary because this tumor can cause blindness and life-threatening complications.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Severe disability refers to conditions such as quadriplegia, severe depression, or blindness, which represent 2% of the world's population.

    Academic text (2013)
  • It's where the vitreous shrinks and separates from the retina which impairs your vision and can lead to blindness.

  • Diabetes is a leading cause of blindness among adults if not properly managed.

Synonyms

visual impairment
vsblindness
1 4.1

A condition where a person can see poorly or not at all

states inability to see because of injury disease or a congenital condition
cecity
vsblindness
9.9

Loss of the ability to see

specifies inability to see due to injury disease or a congenital condition
sightlessness
vsblindness
7.9

Not being able to see

focuses on inability to see caused by injury disease or congenital factors
anopia
vsblindness
  • Specialized
9.9

Loss of sight because an eye is missing or badly damaged

focuses on inability to see due to injury disease or congenital condition

Antonyms

538 1.0

The ability to see or an impressive thing you see

263 1.0

The ability to see

Compounds

night blindness
  • Specialized
3 4.7

Trouble seeing in low light or at night

1 5.7

Not noticing or understanding something important

river blindness
  • Specialized
1 5.3

A disease caused by a tiny worm spread by black flies that makes skin very itchy and causes blindness

1 3.7

Not able to tell some colors, often red and green

1 6.1

The idea that race should not matter when treating people, often hiding real unfairness

legal blindness
  • Specialized
1 4.0

Very poor sight that the law measures as 20/200 vision or a very small field of view

1 8.1

Temporary loss of sight from sunlight reflected off snow

blue-blindness
  • Specialized
9.9

Difficulty telling blue and yellow colors apart

day blindness
  • Specialized
7.9

A condition that makes it hard to see in bright sunlight

figural blindness
  • Specialized
9.9

A person not able to see shapes or outlines

moon blindness
  • Specialized
9.8

Repeated inflammation in a horse's eye that can cause blindness

moon blindness
  • Archaic
9.8

Poor sight at night in people and animals often caused by lack of vitamin A

green-blindness
  • Specialized
8.4

A condition that makes green look like red

red-blindness
  • Specialized
8.8

Trouble telling red from similar colors like purple

Difficulty telling red and green colors apart

word blindness
  • Specialized
9.8

Cannot read written words because of damage to the brain

yellow-blindness
  • Specialized
9.9

A condition in which a person cannot see yellow colors well

6.0

A condition that makes it hard to tell yellow and blue apart

How Blind

blindness
70 3.1
hemianopia
  • Specialized
1 9.9

Surface Forms

blindness singular
blindnesses plural

Morphology

blindness = blind (transparent) = blind + ness

The noun is a straightforward derivation from the adjective 'blind' with the productive nominalizer '-ness' indicating the state or quality of being blind.

Etymology

The word blindness comes from an old English word blind meaning 'unable to see' and the ending -ness which means 'state', as in happiness. So, blindness simply means 'the state of being unable to see'.