night blindness

a visual impairment marked by partial or complete inability to see objects in a dimly lighted environment. Night blindness can be inherited or due to defective dark adaptation or a dietary deficiency of vitamin A. Also called nyctalopia.

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April 29th 2024

psychophysical dualism

see dualism; mind–body problem. See also Cartesian dualism.