Sign or Symptom
micropsia
mi·crop·si·a [ mahy-krop-see-uh ]
Definitions related to micropsia:
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An alteration in visual perception that causes objects to appear smaller than their actual size.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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False perception that objects are smaller than they really are. Sometimes called lilliputian hallucination. Compare with macropsia.Sadock's Comprehensive Glossary of Psychiatry and PsychologyBJ Sadock Titles Press, 2012
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