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scotoma Audio
sco·to·ma [ skoh-toh-muh ]
Subclass of:
Vision Disorders
Etymology:
Greek skotos = darkness
There are a number of different kinds of these blind-spots. The adjective is scotomatous.
Definitions related to scotoma:
  • (1) In psychiatry, a figurative blind spot in a person's psychological awareness. (2) In neurology, a localized, visual field defect.
    Sadock's Comprehensive Glossary of Psychiatry and Psychology
    BJ Sadock Titles Press, 2012
  • A blank spot in the visual field that is sometimes evident during the aura of a migraine headache.
    Harvard Dictionary of Health Terms
    Harvard Medical Publishing, 2011
  • A localized defect in the visual field bordered by an area of normal vision. This occurs with a variety of EYE DISEASES (e.g., RETINAL DISEASES and GLAUCOMA); OPTIC NERVE DISEASES, and other conditions.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • A regional and pathological increase of the light detection threshold in any region of the visual field surrounded by a field of normal or relatively well-preserved vision.
    Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)
    The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2025
  • An area of impaired sight within the normal visual field.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Localized defect in the visual field bordered by an area of normal vision.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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