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myopsis

myopsis noun: the appearance of muscae volitantes.

Noun

myopsis (usually uncountable, plural myopses)

  1. (obsolete, usually) The appearance of muscae volitantes.
    • When the sight is perfect, and still more when it is presbyopic, the pupil will have frequent occasion to contract, in aiding the person to see near objects more distinctly, and thus an habitual degree of myopsis may be produced.1854, William Mackenzie, Thomas Wharton Jones, A practical treatise on the diseases of the eye, page 909

Forms of myopsis

pluralmyopses

Origin of myopsis

From Ancient Greek μυῖα (muîa, “fly”) + ὄψις (ópsis, “sight”). Although myopia is superficially very similar in both the English and original Greek forms, the first parts of the two compounds aren't related.

Questions about myopsis

What does myopsis mean?
Myopsis means the appearance of muscae volitantes.
What part of speech is myopsis?
Myopsis is a noun.
What is the plural of myopsis?
The plural of myopsis is myopses.

Words near myopsis in the dictionary

  1. myoproteins
  2. myops
  3. myopses
  4. myopsid
  5. myopsids
  6. myopsis
  7. myopsocid
  8. myopsocids
  9. myopy
  10. myoregeneration
  11. myoregulation

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