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scotoma::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | vision defect, visual defect, visual disorder, visual impairment |
| Has types | paracentral scotoma, annular scotoma, scintillating scotoma, central scotoma, flittering scotoma, hemianopic scotoma |
| Derivation | scotomatous |
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In some states this concern resulted in restricting the telescope to one eye only, leaving the other to monitor the area of the ring scotoma during telescope use.
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The blind spot, or scotoma, is a fixed region on the retina of the eye where the optic nerve bundle and blood vessels pass from the eyeball into the brain and so no image can be produced here.
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- An isolated area of diminished vision within the visual field
- (scotomatous) relating to scotoma
- A scotoma (Greek for darkness; plural: "scotomas" or "scotomata") is an area of partial alteration in one's field of vision consisting in a partially diminished or entirely degenerated visual acuity which is surrounded by a field of normal - or relatively well-preserved - vision.
- An area of impaired or lost vision within a field of vision otherwise in a good (or at least healthy) state
- Blind spot within the field of view.
- An area of partial or complete loss of vision surrounded by an area of normal vision.
- And area of blurred or reduced vision.
- A defect in the visual field which is surrounded by a normally functioning field; can be detected by perimetry.
- White spots sometimes evident during the aura of a migraine headache.
