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hemianopsia
[ hem-ee-uh-nop-see-uh ]
/ ˌhɛm i əˈnɒp si ə /
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noun Ophthalmology.
any of several conditions in which there is blindness in half of the visual field, involving one or both eyes.
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Also called hemiscotosis.
Words nearby hemianopsia
hemi, -hemia, hemiacetal, hemialgia, hemianopia, hemianopsia, hemic, hemicellulose, hemichordate, hemicrania, hemicryptophyte
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How to use hemianopsia in a sentence
Pressure on the optic chiasma, for example by a tumour of the pituitary body, is associated with bilateral temporal hemianopsia.