| 单词 |
photophobia |
| 释义 |
‖ photophobia Path.|fəʊtəʊˈfəʊbɪə| Also anglicized -phoby. [mod.L., f. Gr. ϕῶς light, photo- + -phobia.] Dread of or shrinking from light, esp. as a symptom of diseases of the eyes.
1799Hooper Dict. Med., Photophobia, such an intolerance of light, that the eye, or rather the retina, can scarcely bear it's irritating rays. 1858Mayne Expos. Lex., Photophobia,..photophoby. 1869G. Lawson Dis. Eye (1874) 15 The lids are then red, swollen, and spasmodically closed, from the excessive photophobia. 1899Allbutt's Syst. Med. VIII. 708 The retina [in albinos] is unprotected, and there is consequent photophobia. Hence photophobic |-ˈfɒbɪk| a., pertaining to or affected with photophobia; dreading light; ‖ ˌphotophobophˈthalmia |-fɒbɒfˈθælmɪa| [mod.L.], ophthalmia attended with photophobia.
1842Dunglison Med. Lex., Photophobophthalmia. 1858Mayne Expos. Lex., Photophobicus, of or belonging to Photophobia: photophobic. Ibid., Ophthalmy, with excessive intolerance of the light: photophobophthalmy. 1878T. Bryant Pract. Surg. I. 89 The affection is attended with photophobic pain about the orbit and sclerotic injection. |
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