myodesopsia

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noun

The perception of floaters in the vitreous humour.

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Meanings

nounmyodesopsia (countable and uncountable, plural myodesopsias)

plural myodesopsias · alternative myiodesopsia

  1. countableuncountableThe perception of floaters in the vitreous humour.

    ... the retina and an explanation of entoptic phenomena (scotomata, myodesopsias and phosphenes) including strabismus

    2003, Julius Hirschberg, The History of Ophthalmology
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    Myodesopsia is the perception of a floater and is caused by the development of imperfections or deposits within the vitreous body that cast a moving shadow on the retina.

    2012, Creig S. Hoyt, David Taylor, Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, →ISBN, page 1012

Origin

Blend of μυῖα (muîa, “fly (insect)”) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-like”) + -οψίᾱ (-opsíā, “-view, -sight”): the condition of seeing fly-like things

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