MEANING
Difficulty seeing in dim light or at night; commonly called night blindness.
Use it for
A character struggles to see after dusk or when lights fail.Use when vision fails specifically in dim conditions, rather than to describe ordinary darkness.
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Nyctalopia turned the unlit passage into a blank wall after the lamps failed.
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