moon blindness
noun [mass noun]
1(In horses) a recurrent inflammatory disease of the eyes, causing intermittent blindness.There is indeed a disease colloquially known as moon blindness, but it only occurs in horses....
- From time-to-time, horse owners and veterinarians see equine recurrent uveitis, also known as periodic ophthalmia or moon blindness, in horses.
- Equine recurrent uveitis, also known as moon blindness, is the most common cause of blindness in this species.
2Night blindness.If you read about her moon blindness and her loss of eyesight you wonder how she functions day to day around here.
Derivatives
moon-blind
- We often worked at night and knew that if you stared too long at the fire, like a moon-blind horse, your vision could not adjust to the dark.
- She's had several that have come up either night blind or one foal who was moon-blind at weaning but she never knew.