scotoma
pronunciation
How to pronounce scotoma in British English:
UK [skə'təʊmə]
How to pronounce scotoma in American English:
US [skə'toʊmə]
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- Noun:
- an isolated area of diminished vision within the visual field
Word Origin
- scotoma (n.)
- (plural scotomata), 1540s, from Late Latin scotoma, from Greek skotoma "dizziness," from skotoun "to darken," from skotos "darkness" (see shade).
Example
- 1. Treatment of 100 cases of scotoma migraine with " shanhui decoction "
- 2. Physics of the university entrance exam added content and scotoma newly to be reviewed finally 2004 .
- 3. Intellectual scotoma of the attention answers in be used to of historiography of chinese ancient time .
- 4. No complication was noted , except de-velopment of a paracentral scotoma in 1 eye .
- 5. Effect of experimental scotoma on multifocal visual evoked potential .