"blindsight" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Etymology: From blind + sight. Coined in a 1974 paper in the Lancet by Sanders et al. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|blind|sight}} blind + sight Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} blindsight (uncountable)
  1. The responsivity shown by some blind or partially blind people to visual stimuli of which they are not consciously aware. Tags: uncountable Synonyms: agnosopsia Derived forms: blindsighted, blindsighter Related terms: blindside Translations (neurological phenomenon): 盲視 /盲视 (mángshì) (Chinese Mandarin), vision aveugle [feminine] (French), Blindsehen [neuter] (German), 盲視 (mōshi) (alt: もうし) (Japanese), 맹시(盲視) (maengsi) [feminine] (Korean)
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