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moon blindness
noun
- a disease of horses in which the eyes suffer from recurring attacks of inflammation, eventually resulting in opacity and blindness.
moon blindness
noun
- ophthalmol a nontechnical name for nyctalopia
- Also calledmooneye vet science a disorder affecting horses, which causes inflammation of the eyes and sometimes blindness
Derived Forms
- ˈ³¾´Ç´Ç²Ô-ËŒ²ú±ô¾±²Ô»å, adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of moon blindness1
Example Sentences
Researchers at the LMU Equine Clinic have developed a deep learning tool that is capable of reliably diagnosing moon blindness in horses based on photos.
One Eye has been losing sight in his remaining eye because he has equine recurrent uveitis, also known as moon blindness.
At one meal the subject of moon blindness had cropped up, and many curious anecdotes were told anent it—anecdotes more or less truthful, after the manner of shipboard stories.
We had no cases of feigned insanity or any species of mania, but cases of imitated "moon blindness," or dim-sightedness, did occur now and again for the purpose of shirking night watch.
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