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myodesopsia

myodesopsia noun: the perception of floaters in the vitreous humour.

Noun

myodesopsia (countable and uncountable, plural myodesopsias)

  1. The perception of floaters in the vitreous humour.
    • ... the retina and an explanation of entoptic phenomena (scotomata, myodesopsias and phosphenes) including strabismus2003, Julius Hirschberg, The History of Ophthalmology
    • Myodesopsia is the perception of a floater and is caused by the development of imperfections or deposits within the vitreous body that cast a moving shadow on the retina.2012, Creig S. Hoyt, David Taylor, Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, →ISBN, page 1012

Forms of myodesopsia

pluralmyodesopsias
alternative formmyiodesopsia

Origin of myodesopsia

Blend of μυῖα (muîa, “fly (insect)”) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-like”) + -οψίᾱ (-opsíā, “-view, -sight”): the condition of seeing fly-like things

Questions about myodesopsia

What does myodesopsia mean?
Myodesopsia means the perception of floaters in the vitreous humour.
What part of speech is myodesopsia?
Myodesopsia is a noun.
What is the plural of myodesopsia?
The plural of myodesopsia is myodesopsias.

Words near myodesopsia in the dictionary

  1. myocytoskeletal
  2. myocytotoxic
  3. myodegeneration
  4. myodegenerative
  5. myodesis
  6. myodesopsia
  7. myodesopsias
  8. myodifferentiation
  9. myodocopan
  10. myodocopid
  11. myodocopids

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