Usually means: Sensitive or averse to light.
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  1. photophobic: Merriam-Webster
  2. photophobic: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. photophobic: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. photophobic: Collins English Dictionary
  5. photophobic: Wordnik
  6. photophobic: Wiktionary
  7. photophobic: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. photophobic: Dictionary.com
  9. photophobic: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. photophobic: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. photophobic: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  3. photophobic: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (photophobic)

▸ adjective:  (biology) That thrives at a relatively low light level
▸ adjective:  of, relating to, or exhibiting photophobia

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photophilic, scotophilic, phototolerant, phototrophic, photobiotic, photopositive, photonegative, photoreceptive, photomotile, phototropistic, more...

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photophilic, scotophilic, phototolerant, phototrophic, photobiotic, photopositive, photonegative, photoreceptive, photomotile, phototropistic, more...



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