Term Name: | acquired night blindness |
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Definition: | A nutritional deficiency disease that is characterized by vitamin A deficiency causing poor adaptation of the eyes to low levels of light, and has_material_basis_in lack of vitamin A such that rhodopsin, a light sensitive retinal pigment, cannot be regenerated. |
Ontology: | Human Disease [DOID:11491] ( DOID:11491 ) |