Look up heliophobia in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Heliophobia refers to light sensitivity:
- In psychology, heliophobia is the morbid fear of sunlight
- In medicine it can refer to:
- Hemeralopia, day blindness, inability to see clearly in bright light
- Photophobia, an excessive sensitivity of the eyes to sunlight. Notable causes include:
- Keratoconus, results in extreme optic sensitivity to sunlight and bright lights
- In biology, heliophobic plants or animals have an aversion to sunlight. Heliophobous plants are commonly known as "shade-tolerant".