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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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1996
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blind adj. OE.
blind = OS.
blind, OHG.
blint (G.
blind). ON.
blindr, Goth.
blinds :- Gmc. *
blindaz :- IE. *
bhlendhos; cf. Latv.
blendu see dimly, and
BLUNDER.
Hence
blind vb. XIII; repl. †
blend, OE.
blendan = OHG.
blentan (G.
blenden) :- WGmc. *
blandjan.
blind sb. screen; misleading pretext XVII.
blind-man's-buff (see
BUFF1). XVI.
blind-worm slow-worm XV; cf. Du.
blindworm.
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Blindness caused by diabetes - Massachusetts, 1987-1994.
Newspaper article from: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report; 11/1/1996; 700+ words
; Diabetes, the leading cause of new blindness among U.S. adults aged 20-74 years, accounts for approximately 8% of cases of legal blindness and 12% of all new cases of blindness in the United States each year (1). One of...
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Blindness on the increase in Pakistan, especially among women.
News Wire article from: PPI - Pakistan Press International; 11/15/2005; 700+ words
; ...November 15 (PPI): The cases of blindness in Pakistan are growing and the situation...and economically. The experts say that blindness is one of the five major disabilities...people in Pakistan are suffering from blindness and two-thirds of them are women...
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Blindness-control policy and population-based surveys in India.
Magazine article from: Indian Journal of Ophthalmology; 4/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...planning eye-care policy to reduce blindness in India was referred to in a previous...exclusive attention to cataract in the blindness-control policy of India is based on...report of the 1986-89 national survey of blindness that 80% of the blindness in India is...
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Childhood blindness in India and Sri Lanka.(Community Eye Care)
Magazine article from: Indian Journal of Ophthalmology; 1/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...magnitude, causes and control of childhood blindness and severe visual loss, based upon recent...convened a global workshop on childhood blindness which was held in London. One of the...data on the prevalence and causes of blindness and severe visual loss in children in...
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Prevent Blindness Texas Names Dr. Gerald D. Cagle the 2008 People of Vision Award Winner.
Business Wire; 3/31/2008; 700+ words
; FORT WORTH, Texas -- Prevent Blindness Texas - Fort Worth Branch, an affiliate of Prevent Blindness America, the nation's leading volunteer...safety organization dedicated to fighting blindness and saving sight, has chosen Gerald D...
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HEALTH: PREVENTABLE BLINDNESS AFFLICTS MAINLY POOR WOMEN
News Wire article from: Inter Press Service English News Wire; 11/30/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...IPS) -- A new study that connects blindness with poverty also finds that two-thirds...of published scientific literature on blindness and have found that gender, education...corrective surgery. However, patterns of blindness also mirror the income and health disparities...
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Childhood blindness patterns are changing worldwide
Magazine article from: Ophthalmology Times; 1/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...FRCOphth Chicago-The patterns of childhood blindness and visual impairment have been changing...traditional eye remedies) declines, blindness due to cataract and refractive errors are becoming relatively more important. Blindness due to retinopathy of prematurity (ROP...
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Blindness in Pakistan - a growing problem. (Pakistan)
Magazine article from: Economic Review; 8/1/1990; ; 700+ words
; Blindness in Pakistan - a growing problem The very...this programme towards Prevention of Blindness and tackling the curable population...would better stay put with the subject of blindness in its physical aspects, only hoping...
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Economic burden of blindness in India.(Community Eye Care)
Magazine article from: Indian Journal of Ophthalmology; 5/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...and indirect economic loss due to blindness in India is calculated on the basis...assumptions. The cost of treating cataract blindness in India is estimated at current prices. The economic burden of blindness in India for the year 1997 based on...
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Planning to reduce childhood blindness in India.(Community Eye Care)
Magazine article from: Indian Journal of Ophthalmology; 3/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...Rahi, Gullapalli. Rao Reduction of blindness in children assumes particular significance...children blind in India and the causes of blindness are relatively crude as there are little...approach to the control of childhood blindness in India. In order to address this issue...
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Color Blindness
Book article from: U*X*L Complete Health Resource
COLOR BLINDNESS DEFINITION Color blindness is a condition in which people have mild to severe difficulty...that happens, a person has trouble recognizing colors. Color Blindness: Words to Know Cone cells: Cone cells are special cells in...
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Night Blindness
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
Night blindness Definition Night blindness is the inability or reduced ability to see in dim light or...eyes to adapt to darkness is prolonged. Description Night blindness, also called nyctalopia, is a symptom of several different...
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Blindness and visual impairments
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
Blindness and visual impairments Blindness is a complete loss of vision, although “ legally...daily living. There are many causes of visual impairment or blindness, and all parts of the eye (cornea, retina, lens, optic...
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blindness
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body
blindness Surprisingly, blindness rarely means total absence of light perception. Most definitions of blindness are based on measurement of visual acuity (the ability to read letters at a certain distance) and assessment of the ability of the...
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Blindness
Encyclopedia entry from: Complete Human Diseases and Conditions
Blindness Blindness is the absence of all or most vision. KEYWORDS for searching the Internet...and cause bleeding and scarring. It may result in total or partial blindness. More than 1 million people in the United States are blind, which...
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