All blindness synonyms
blind
B b noun blindness
- defect — A defect is a fault or imperfection in a person or thing.
- myopia — Ophthalmology. a condition of the eye in which parallel rays are focused in front of the retina, objects being seen distinctly only when near to the eye; nearsightedness (opposed to hyperopia).
- darkness — the state or quality of being dark: The room was in total darkness.
- astigmatism — If someone has astigmatism, the front of their eye has a slightly irregular shape, so they cannot see properly.
- presbyopia — farsightedness due to ciliary muscle weakness and loss of elasticity in the crystalline lens.
- amaurosis — blindness, esp when occurring without observable damage to the eye
- purblind — nearly or partially blind; dim-sighted.
- typhlosis — blindness.