HEMIANOPSIA

hemianopia, hemianopsia

(noun) blindness in one half of the visual field of one or both eyes

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

hemianopsia (countable and uncountable, plural hemianopsias)

(pathology) Blindness in one half of the field of vision of either or both eyes.

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• hemianopias

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ONCHOCERCIASIS

(noun) infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America


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