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PHOTOPHOBIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Pain in the eye resulting from exposure to bright light (often associated with albinism)
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("photophobia" is a kind of...):
hurting; pain (a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("photophobia" is a kind of...):
simple phobia (any phobia (other than agoraphobia) associated with relatively simple well-defined stimuli)