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hemiopia

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[hem-ee-oh-pee-uh] / ˌhɛm iˈoʊ pi ə /

noun

Ophthalmology.
  1. hemianopsia.


Other Word Forms

  • hemiopic adjective

Etymology

Origin of hemiopia

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

Example Sentences

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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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