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snow blindness
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snow blindness [′snō ‚blīnd·nəs]
(medicine)
A transient visual impairment and actinic keratoconjunctivitis caused by exposure of the eyes to ultraviolet rays reflected from snow. Also known as solar photophthalmia.
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