sightloss

English

Etymology

sight +‎ loss

Noun

sightloss (uncountable)

1. (Scotland, Ireland) Loss of sight; partial or total blindness.
   • 1994, James Kelman, How Late It Was How Late:

     Mister Samuels if ye feel that you have sightloss then it is in yer own interest to register it in respect of the physical criteria required for full-function job registration.

   • 2019 August 30, Chris White, “Striving to give people with sight loss an even playing field”, in The Irish Examiner:

     NCBI works to provide the practical, emotional and social support so that people with sightloss can reach their full potential, says Chris White.

   • 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 446:

     Maybe her sightloss had sharpened her other senses, but they heard now what the woman had caught– the faint rumble of a truck or van, the modulated whine of someone dropping down the gears to meet the slope.