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blindness

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noun

the inability to see; the condition of having severely impaired or absolutely no sense of sight:
Patients are first asked if their blindness is congenital or the result of injury or disease.
an unwillingness or inability to perceive or understand; lack of judgment; ignorance:
Your blindness to this behavior has allowed his anxiety to worsen.

blindness

A lack or impairment of vision in which maximal visual acuity after correction by refractive lenses is one-tenth normal vision or less in the better eye. Blindness can be genetic but is usually acquired as a result of injury, cataracts, or diseases such as glaucoma or diabetes. In Asia and Africa, trachoma is a common infectious cause of blindness.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of blindness¹

First recorded before 1000; blind ( def ) + -ness ( def )

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IP doesn't just cause blindness, it can also cause severe epilepsy and more difficult outcomes.

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He and his colleagues believe that the results could potentially further research into colour blindness.

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Even during a partial eclipse, it is never safe to look directly at the Sun with the naked eye as it can cause eye damage, including blindness.

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But among those to have had claims rejected since PIP's introduction in 2013 are thousands living with life-changing conditions including cancer, blindness, psychosis, deafness and epilepsy.

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Measles was once the leading cause of childhood blindness, and there are several different ways in which it can harm vision.

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