blindness

[US]/ˈblaɪndnəs/
[UK]/ˈblaɪndnəs/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. the condition of being blind; lack of sight; the state of being ignorant or unable to see things clearly; foolishness or lack of insight.

Phrases & Collocations

color blindness

night blindness

cortical blindness

Example Sentences

Blindness is a great handicap.

His blindness is the result of an accident.

A similar deficiency accounts for the most common form of dichromatic color blindness in humans.

d.Focal dysfunction of pallium: Such as aphasia, blindness, agraphia, acalculia, etc. or secondary epilepsy.

Solo, free of the carbonite and suffering blindness from hibernation sickness, wildly swung a vibro-ax into an inattentive Fett's rocketpack.

The causes leading to blindness and low vision were cataract, ceratonosus, glaucoma and ocular fundus Disease, etc.

Red-green color blindness is also called Daltonism, after English chemist and physicist John Dalton.

Too few proteins lead to night blindness, perifollicular hyperkeratosis, xerophthalmia, keratomolacia, increased morbidity and mortality in young children.

Results There were 10 patients who underwent plastic and aesthetic surgery had developed severe complications which included blindness in 5 cases and hypopsia in another 5 cases.

Mycotic keratltis is a chronic infective keratomycosis with high blindness rates. it spread fast with the wide uses of the broad-spectrum antibiotics and cortical steroids.

Real-world Examples

There's no way to cure color blindness.

Source: One Hundred Thousand Whys

I'm just going to double down on my color blindness.

Source: TED Talks (Audio Version) December 2014 Collection

Oh, my god! You're exploiting my blindness so that you can score better parking? !

Source: Desperate Housewives (Audio Version) Season 4

Duchaine says that studying face blindness may help researchers understand how the brain works.

Source: VOA Special October 2018 Collection

There are four types of red green blindness.

Source: One Hundred Thousand Whys

The disease causes blindness, infertility and death.

Source: VOA Special May 2023 Collection

And it's challenging stereotypes around blindness too.

Source: 6 Minute English

To avoid blindness, Nge will undergo surgery.

Source: VOA Standard December 2013 Collection

Absolutely. And it's challenging stereotypes around blindness too.

Source: 6 Minute English

They can have blindness or deafness.

Source: Little Jiung Tonight Show last week

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