moon blindness (redirected from moon-blind)

moon blindness

n.

Recurrent inflammation of a horse's eyes, often resulting in eventual blindness. Also called mooneye.

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moon blindness

n

1. (Medicine / Pathology) Ophthalmol a nontechnical name for nyctalopia

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Veterinary Science) Also called mooneye Vet science a disorder affecting horses, which causes inflammation of the eyes and sometimes blindness

moon-blind  adj

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Noun	1.	moon blindness - inability to see clearly in dim light; due to a deficiency of vitamin A or to a retinal disorder night blindness, nyctalopia avitaminosis, hypovitaminosis - any of several diseases caused by deficiency of one or more vitamins vision defect, visual defect, visual disorder, visual impairment - impairment of the sense of sight
	2.	moon blindness - recurrent eye inflammation in horses; sometimes resulting in blindness mooneye animal disease - a disease that typically does not affect human beings