photophobia
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9.2
- noun
- /ˌfoʊtəˈfoʊbiə/
- Specialized
:
fotofobia
- People with photophobia often avoid bright lights because it can lead to painful sensations in their eyes.
- nausea and photophobia
- nausea and photophobia
- photophobia and headache
Examples
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The bright sunlight caused her to feel severe photophobia and discomfort in her eyes.
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The coroner's report indicates that he was a perfectly normal man for his age, except he had photophobia.
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These sensations were accompanied by blurriness, photophobia, and pain.
Academic text (1999) -
He did not experience any loss of consciousness, headache, photophobia, or numbness.
Academic text (2002) -
She experienced acute severe pain in the neck followed by a progressive diffuse headache, nausea, vomiting, and photophobia.
Academic text (1996) -
A 38-year-old woman presented with persistent fever, neck pain, focal tenderness in the left suboccipital area, left otalgia, and photophobia.
Academic text (2009) -
The symptoms of retinitis pigmentosa are decreased acuity, photophobia, night blindness, and a progressive constriction of the visual field.
Academic text (2004) -
After staring at the computer screen for hours, he developed photophobia and needed to rest in a dark room.
Synonyms
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7.7
A strong reaction in the body to light that often causes skin sunburn or rash
A pain in the eye that comes from bright light
How Affected
- Specialized
- Specialized
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9.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word photophobia comes from two parts: photo- meaning 'light', as in photograph, and -phobia meaning 'fear' or 'strong dislike'. So it literally means 'fear of light', which explains why the word describes strong eye pain or discomfort when a person is in bright light.