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snow-blind

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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 (snblnd), snow-blinded (-blndd) adj.
snow-blind
adj
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Physiology) temporarily unable to see or having impaired vision because of the intense reflection of sunlight from snow
snow blindness  n
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Verb1.snow-blind - affect with snow blindness; "the glare of the sun snow-blinded her"
blind - render unable to see
Adj.1.snow-blind - temporarily blinded by exposure to light reflected from snow or ice
snow-blinded
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
Translations
snow-blind [ˈsnəʊˌblaɪnd] ADJ → cegado por la nieve
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THE WRITING ON (AND OFF) THE WALL TAKE THAT RULE AND TUCK IT by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
 
 
 
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