hemiopia

[hem-ee-oh-pee-uh]

noun

Ophthalmology.

1. hemianopsia.

Other Word Forms

• hemiopic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of hemiopia¹

First recorded in 1870–75; hemi- + -opia

Example Sentences

Of sight we may have photophobia, connected with exaggerated sensibility of the retina or of the brain; musc� volitantes, specks, rings, or chains of spots from floating semi-opaque particles in the vitreous humor; diplopia, double vision; hemiopia, seeing only half of an object at a time; amblyopia, indistinctness of vision of all objects.

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"Perhaps father was right; I may have hemiopia, after all."

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Apropos of some misunderstanding, her father said to her jestingly one day, "Eden, did you ever hear of such a thing as hemiopia?"

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