snow-blinded

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snow blindness

n.
A usually temporary loss of vision and inflammation of the conjunctiva and cornea, caused by exposure of the eyes to bright sunlight and ultraviolet rays reflected from snow or ice.
snow′-blind′, snow′-blind′ed (-blīn′dĭd) adj.
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Adj.1.snow-blinded - temporarily blinded by exposure to light reflected from snow or ice
snow-blind
blind, unsighted - unable to see; "a person is blind to the extent that he must devise alternative techniques to do efficiently those things he would do with sight if he had normal vision"--Kenneth Jernigan
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