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night blindness

night blindness Night blindness is unusually poor vision in dim light or at night, ranging from mild difficulty to near blindness, while vision in strong daylight may stay almost normal.

Night blindness is unusually poor vision in dim light or at night, ranging from mild difficulty to near blindness, while vision in strong daylight may stay almost normal. In this source it is described as a symptom often linked to intraocular disease such as retinitis pigmentosa, and also as a distinct disorder seen with general malnutrition; the opposite condition is day-blindness.