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cécité

blindness

noun seh-see-TEH Rare

Origin: Latin caecitas, from caecus (blind)

Usage Note

Cécité is used medically and figuratively — cécité nocturne (night blindness) and cécité volontaire (wilful ignorance). The adjective is aveugle (blind person/thing), while cécité is strictly the abstract noun. The compound cécité des couleurs refers to colour blindness.

Examples

"La cécité peut être causée par le glaucome."

Natural Translation

Blindness can be caused by glaucoma.

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