See Also: scotoma(dictionary)
Scotoma(health)
scotoma(medicine)
peripheral scotoma(medicine)
physiologic scotoma(medicine)
positive scotoma(medicine)
quadrantic scotoma(medicine)
relative scotoma(medicine)
ring scotoma(medicine)
scintillating scotoma(medicine)

scotoma (iou)



scotoma noun. . M16.
[Late Latin from Greek skotoma dizziness, from skotoun darken, from skotos darkness.]
Medicine.
Dizziness accompanied by dimness of sight. M16-E19.
An obscuration of part of the visual field, due to lesion of the retina, the optic nerve, or the ophthalmic centres in the brain. L19.
SCINTILLATING scotoma.
scotomatous adjective characterized by or affected by a scotoma or scotomata E20.
scotometer noun (Ophthalmology) an instrument for diagnosing and measuring scotomata L19.
scoto'metric adjective by means of or pertaining to scotometry M20.
scotometry noun the use of a scotometer E20.
scotomia noun (Medicine) = SCOTOMA 1 M16.