xanthopia

xanthopia

English

Noun

xanthopia (uncountable)

1. A visual disorder in which things appear yellowish.
   • 1883, Louis Lewin, The Untoward Effects of Drugs (page 98)

     An icteric discoloration of the sclerotic — a quite common symptom in xanthopia from arsenical poisoning — is very seldom observed.

   • 1933, Henry Laurens, The Physiological Effects of Radiant Energy (issue 62, page 153)

     There is sensation of foreign body irritation, more or less photophobia and lacrimation, frequently persistent after images, and occasionally scotoma, erythema and xanthopia.