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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".

See also

• Helium, a chemical element; other elements can be heliophilic, attracted to helium, or heliophobic, repelled by helium
• Phototropism, growth towards or away from light, particularly in plants and fungi
• Phytophotodermatitis, a potentially serious skin inflammation resulting from contact with a plant-based photosensitizing substance followed by exposure to ultraviolet light
• Porphyria cutanea tarda, a disease that causes the skin to be overly sensitive to sunlight to the point of causing blisters

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