Definition
Temporary blindness or eye strain caused by the glare of snow in bright sunlight; also called snow blindness.
Etymology
From Greek 'chion' (snow) plus 'ablepsía' (blindness). A medical term combining two Greek roots to describe a specific eye condition caused by ultraviolet reflection off white snow.
Kelly Says
Chionablepsia is what Inuit peoples discovered and prevented long before modern sunglasses—snow reflects 80% of UV rays, making it one of nature's most dangerous reflective surfaces, yet the Greek medical term came centuries later.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
ቺዮናብለፕሲያ
chi-o-na-ble-psia
ARالعربية
شيو نابليpsia
ʃi-o-na-ble-psia
BNবাংলা
চিওনাবেলপসিয়া
chi-o-na-be-le-psia
CACatalà
chionablepsia
ki-o-na-ble-psia
CSČeština
chionablepsia
ki-o-na-ble-psia
DADansk
chionablepsia
ki-o-na-ble-psia
DEDeutsch
chionablepsie
ki-o-na-ble-psi
ELΕλληνικά
χιοναβλεψία
khi-o-na-ble-psia
ESEspañol
quionablepsia
ki-o-na-ble-psia
FAفارسی
چیونابلیpsia
chi-o-na-ble-psia
FISuomi
chionablepsia
ki-o-na-ble-psia
FRFrançais
chionablepsie
ʃi-o-na-ble-psi
GUGU
ચિયોનેબલપ્સિયા
chi-o-ne-ble-psia
HAHA
chioablepsia
ki-o-na-ble-psia
HEעברית
כיוןבליפסיה
chi-on-ble-psia
HIहिन्दी
चियोनेबलप्सिया
chi-o-ne-ble-psia
HUMagyar
chionablepsia
ki-o-na-ble-psia
IDBahasa Indonesia
chionablepsia
ki-o-na-ble-psia
IGIG
chionablepsia
ki-o-na-ble-psia
ITItaliano
chionablepsia
ki-o-na-ble-psia
JA日本語
キオナブレプシア
ki-o-na-bu-re-p-shi-a
KKKK
chioablepsia
ki-o-na-ble-psia
KMKM
ជីអូណាប្លេស
chi-o-na-ble-s
KO한국어
키오나블레프시아
ki-o-na-be-le-peu-si-a
MRMR
चियोनेबलप्सिया
chi-o-ne-ble-psia
MSBahasa Melayu
chionablepsia
ki-o-na-ble-psia
MYမြန်မာ
ချီယိုနဘလပ်စီး
chi-o-na-ble-p-si
NLNederlands
chionablepsia
ki-o-na-ble-psia
NONorsk
chionablepsia
ki-o-na-ble-psia
PAPA
ਚੀਓਨੇਬਲਪਸੀਆ
chi-o-ne-ble-psia
PLPolski
chionablepsia
ki-o-na-ble-psia
PTPortuguês
chionablepsia
ki-o-na-ble-psia
RORomână
chionablepsia
ki-o-na-ble-psia
RUРусский
хионаблепсия
hi-o-na-ble-psia
SVSvenska
chionablepsia
ki-o-na-ble-psia
SWKiswahili
chionablepsia
ki-o-na-ble-psia
TAதமிழ்
சீயோனேபிளியா
si-yo-na-e-pi-lya
TEతెలుగు
చియోనేబ్లెప్సియా
chi-o-na-ble-psia
THไทย
ชิโอเนาเบลพเซีย
chi-o-nea-ble-p-si-ya
TLTL
chionablepsia
ki-o-na-ble-psia
TRTürkçe
chionablepsia
ki-o-na-ble-psia
UKУкраїнська
хіонаблепсія
hi-o-na-ble-psia
URاردو
چيو نابلپسیا
chi-o-na-ble-psia
VITiếng Việt
chionablepsia
ki-o-na-ble-psia
YOYO
chioablepsia
ki-o-na-ble-psia
ZH中文
奇昂能盲症
qi-ao-ng-ren-mang-zheng
ZUZU
chionablepsia
ki-o-na-ble-psia