Meanings
nounmicropsia (countable and uncountable, plural micropsias)
plural micropsias
- countableuncountablemedicineA disorder in which objects appear much smaller than normal, most often the result of a neurological dysfunction.
Synonyms: micropia
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nounA disorder in which objects appear much smaller than normal, most often the result of a neurological dysfunction.
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- Ancient Greekμικροψία
- Englishmicropsia
From Ancient Greek μικροψία (mikropsía), from μικρός (mikrós, “little, small”) + ὄψις (ópsis, “view”).
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Finnish mikropsia
- mikropsiadisorder in which objects appear much smaller than normal
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