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PHOTALGIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does photalgia mean?
• PHOTALGIA (noun)
The noun PHOTALGIA has 1 sense:
1. pain in the eye resulting from exposure to bright light (often associated with albinism)
Familiarity information: PHOTALGIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Pain in the eye resulting from exposure to bright light (often associated with albinism)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
photalgia; photophobia
Hypernyms ("photalgia" is a kind of...):
Context examples
It can be the result of anxiety about the eyes, photosensitivity, or photalgia.
(Photophobia, NCI Thesaurus)
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