Meanings
plural diplopias · alternative diplopy
- countableuncountablemedicineAn ophthalmologic condition where one perceives two images for a single object; double vision.
That doctor also noted the diplopia and sent her for a CT scan.
2018 December 13, Lisa Sanders, M.D., “Why Was the Woman Having Trouble Seeing, if Her Eyes Were Fine?”, in The New York Times Magazine1 more example
As for Bodhidharma the only painting extant is too late to have been done from life. The sage’s eyes are crossed from his exertions. Diplopia giving the impression of the pineal eye, the Third Eye in full flower.
1985, Lawrence Durrell, chapter 3, in Quinx, New York: Viking, page 61
Synonyms & antonyms
nounvisual impairment in which an object is seen as two objects
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
- Proto-Indo-European*dwís
- Ancient Greekδῐ́ς (dĭ́s)
- Ancient Greekδῐπλόος (dĭplóos)
- Englishdiplo-
- Englishdiplopia
Translations
Bulgarian двоен образ
- двоен образ (dvoen obraz)ophthalmologic condition where one perceives two images
Catalan diplopia
- diplopiaophthalmologic condition where one perceives two images
Chinese Mandarin 複視 /复视, 重影
- 複視 /复视 (fùshì)ophthalmologic condition where one perceives two images
- 重影 (chóngyǐng)ophthalmologic condition where one perceives two images
Czech diplopie
- diplopieophthalmologic condition where one perceives two images
Finnish diplopia
- diplopiaophthalmologic condition where one perceives two images
Greek διπλωπία
- διπλωπία (diplopía)ophthalmologic condition where one perceives two images
Indonesian diplopia, penglihatan ganda
- diplopiaophthalmologic condition where one perceives two images
- penglihatan gandaophthalmologic condition where one perceives two images
Italian diplopia
- diplopiaophthalmologic condition where one perceives two images
Norwegian Bokmål diplopi, dobbeltsyn
- diplopiophthalmologic condition where one perceives two images
- dobbeltsynophthalmologic condition where one perceives two images
Spanish diplopia
- diplopiaophthalmologic condition where one perceives two images
Cite this entry
diplopia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diplopia
“diplopia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diplopia. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “diplopia,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diplopia.
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