Definition of Photophobia

1. Noun. A morbid fear of light.

Generic synonyms: Simple Phobia

2. Noun. Pain in the eye resulting from exposure to bright light (often associated with albinism).
Exact synonyms: Photalgia
Generic synonyms: Hurting, Pain

Definition of Photophobia

1. n. A dread or intolerance of light.

Definition of Photophobia

1. Noun. (medicine) Symptom of excessive sensitivity to light and the aversion to bright light. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Photophobia

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Photophobia

1. An abnormal visual intolerance of light. Origin: Gr. Phobos = fear (16 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Photophobia

photopatterning
photopeak
photopeaks
photoperceptive
photoperiod
photoperiodic
photoperiodism
photoperiodisms
photoperiods
photoperturbation
photoperturbations
photophase
photophases
photopheresis
photophilic
photophobia (current term)
photophobias
photophobic
photophone
photophones
photophonic
photophony
photophore
photophores
photophoresis
photophoretic
photophosphorylase
photophosphorylation
photophthalmia
photophygous

Literary usage of Photophobia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Practical treatise on the diseases of infancy and childhood by Thomas Hawkes Tanner, Alfred Meadows (1879)
"photophobia.—Closure of the eyelids by spasm is seen in ch only in connection with ... photophobia is usually associated with v< or ulcers on the cornea, ..."

2. A Treatise on Surgery by Timothy Holmes (1875)
"photophobia. DISEASES OF THE EYE. immediately surrounds the cornea, and which is dissected off the sclerotic as completely as possible with forceps and ..."

3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1860)
"On Localized Galvanism as a Remedy for the photophobia of ... INTENSE photophobia constitutes the most prominent and characteristic symptom of the ..."

4. Homœopathic Therapeutics by Samuel Lilienthal (1890)
"Superficial ulceration of cornea, with intense photophobia and some throbbing pain, < afternoon and evening. inflamed; marked photophobia ; lachrymation ..."

5. A treatise on the diseases of the eye and its appendages by Richard Middlemore (1835)
"photophobia. In this form of disease there is present an extreme intolerance of light, so that on the exposure of the eye to its influence it excites the ..."

6. The Medical Times and Gazette (1874)
"Medicine omitted altogether on the 24th, and greenstone applied to lids. Case 3.—Mary S., aged 19, admitted with corneo-iritis with great photophobia. ..."

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