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  • noun Alternative spelling of snow blindness.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun temporary blindness caused by exposure to sunlight reflected from snow or ice

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Examples

  • Among the most common conditions is photokeratitis or sunburn to the eyes, also known as "snowblindness," a temporary but painful burn to the cornea resulting in blurred vision and even temporary blindness, Hinkley says.

    Don't be blind to the sun's effects on eyes 2011

  • Among the most common conditions is photokeratitis or sunburn to the eyes, also known as "snowblindness," a temporary but painful burn to the cornea resulting in blurred vision and even temporary blindness, Hinkley says.

    Don't be blind to the sun's effects on eyes 2011

  • Blog Guelph: Snow-blindness snowblindness, originally uploaded by downtownlynn.

    Great Guelph Photos and Cool Blog Links by Creative Guelphites 2007

  • Blog Guelph: Snow-blindness snowblindness, originally uploaded by downtownlynn.

    Great Guelph Photos and Cool Blog Links by Creative Guelphites 2007

  • Leg irons, jackal-type watch dogs, snowblindness, dark mines and quarries, a snowy wasteland dotted with mummified corpses, despair, and ultimately a painful death.

    Flashback Brannon Braga 1996

  • Leg irons, jackal-type watch dogs, snowblindness, dark mines and quarries, a snowy wasteland dotted with mummified corpses, despair, and ultimately a painful death.

    Flashback Brannon Braga 1996

  • Leg irons, jackal-type watch dogs, snowblindness, dark mines and quarries, a snowy wasteland dotted with mummified corpses, despair, and ultimately a painful death.

    Flashback Brannon Braga 1996

  • By this time my eyes, which had been inflamed by the strong glare of the sun, began to feel as if they were full of sand, and presently I became aware that I was afflicted with that painful malady snowblindness.

    A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872 Frederick S. Dellenbaugh

  • The inexperienced, though warned, seldom observe the necessary precautions, and commonly pay the penalty by a more or less complete snowblindness, which indeed is not very dangerous, but is always exceedingly painful, and which lasts several days.

    The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II Alexander Leslie 1866

  • Poles awoke on Dec. 13, 1981, to Jaruzelski in his drab olive military uniform and trademark tinted glasses - worn because of snowblindness developed during an earlier exile in Siberia - announcing the crackdown on television.

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