snow blindness

See also: snowblindness

English

Noun

snow blindness (uncountable)

1. A painful condition of the eyes caused by exposure of unprotected eyes to the ultraviolet (UV) rays in bright sunlight reflected from snow or ice.

Synonyms

• photokeratitis, niphablepsia

Translations

condition of the eyes caused by exposure to UV rays

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 雪盲 (zh) (xuěmáng), 雪盲癥／雪盲症, 雪盲症 (xuěmángzhèng)

• Dutch: sneeuwblindheid (nl) f
• Finnish: lumisokeus (fi)
• German: Schneeblindheit (de) f
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• Hungarian: hóvakság
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: snøblindhet m or f

• Polish: ślepota śnieżna (pl) f
• Swedish: snöblindhet (sv)