hemi-prosopometamorphopsia

noun

A rare neurovisual perceptual disorder, a variant of prosopometamorphopsia, in which distortion of facial features is restricted to one hemiface. The unaffected side is typically perceived normally, creating a split or “halved” perceptual distortion of faces.

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Meanings

nounhemi-prosopometamorphopsia (plural hemi-prosopometamorphopsias, abbreviation hemi-PMO)

plural hemi-prosopometamorphopsias · abbreviation hemi-PMO · alternative hemiprosopometamorphopsia

  1. medicineA rare neurovisual perceptual disorder, a variant of prosopometamorphopsia, in which distortion of facial features is restricted to one hemiface. The unaffected side is typically perceived normally, creating a split or “halved” perceptual distortion of faces.

Origin

From hemi- + prosopo- + meta- + morpho- + -opsia.

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