photophobicadj.
/ˌfəʊtə(ʊ)ˈfəʊbɪk/, U.S. /ˌfoʊdəˈfoʊbik/ Medicine and Biology.
Having an aversion to or avoiding light; of, relating to, or affected by photophobia. Also figurative (rare).
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1855 B. L. Hill Homeopathic Pract. Surg. 266 The gummed up, photophobic eyes of scrofulous children.
1876 T. Bryant Pract. Surg. (ed. 2) I. ii. 88 The affection is attended with photophobic pain about the orbit, and sclerotic injection.
1941 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 54 30 Typical of these recent inventions is the ‘Ratchet Owl’, a photophobic creature that always faces away from the sun.
1988 E. K. Chapman & J. M. Stone Visually Handicapped Child in Classroom (1989) (BNC) 56 Shiny pages can reflect uncomfortable dazzle for photophobic children.
1997 J. Updike Toward End of Time 239 There is something photophobic in me that can stand only so many hours of the unrelieved sunshine of boon companionship.
2003 Biol. Bull. 204 34/2 Calanoid copepods may use photoreception to avoid direct attacks by predators through photophobic responses to rapid increases or decreases in light intensity.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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