cecity

(ˈsiːsɪtɪ)

(Pathology) a rare word for blindness. See blindness

[C16: from Latin caecitās, from caecus blind]

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ce•ci•ty

(ˈsi sɪ ti)
n.

blindness.

[1525-30; < Latin caecitās, equiv. to caecus blind + -ity]

cecity

blindness.

See also: Blindness

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

cecity - the state of being blind or lacking sight

blindness, sightlessness

legal blindness - vision that is 20/200 or worse in both eyes (20/200 vision is the ability to see at 20 feet what a normal eye can see at 200 feet)

vision defect, visual defect, visual disorder, visual impairment - impairment of the sense of sight

anopia - sightlessness (especially because of a structural defect in or the absence of an eye)

snowblindness, snow-blindness - temporary blindness caused by exposure to sunlight reflected from snow or ice

eyelessness - blindness due to loss of the eyes

figural blindness - inability to see shapes and contours

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Pite is kind enough to gloss Peacock's 'fuliginous' (Coleridge, 10), Hazlitt's 'vibratiuncles' (45), and Carlyle's 'hebetude and cecity' (286), but not Thomas Brown's 'obnubilated' (22).

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EQuIPP was developed by PQS, a joint venture of the Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA) and CECity.com Inc., a provider of cloud-based applications for the health care sector.

Rite Aid pharmacists get access to new tool