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Definition of Snowblindness

1. Noun. Temporary blindness caused by exposure to sunlight reflected from snow or ice.

Definition of Snowblindness

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of snow blindness) ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Snowblindness

Literary usage of Snowblindness

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

1. The Friendly Arctic: The Story of Five Years in Polar Regions by Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1921)
"One feature of snowblindness is that each attack predisposes to another. ... I have known the severest cases of snowblindness chiefly among Eskimos. ..."

2. The Friendly Arctic: The Story of Five Years in Polar Regions by Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1921)
"One feature of snowblindness is that each attack predisposes to another. ... I have known the severest cases of snowblindness chiefly among Eskimos. ..."

3. Hunters of the Great North by Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1922)
"But you are continually trying your best to see, and the strain brings on the condition known as snowblindness. You may become "snowblind" on shipboard from ..."

4. A Canyon Voyage: The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition Down the by Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh, John Wesley Powell (1908)
"... began to feel as if they were full of sand, and presently I became aware that I was afflicted with that painful malady snowblindness. ..."

5. The Voyage of the Vega Round Asia and Europe: With a Historical Review of by Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld (1885)
"... by a more or less complete snowblindness, which indeed is not very dangerous, but is always exceedingly painful, and which lasts several days. ..."

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