"scotomy" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: scotomies [plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek σκοτωμία (skotōmía, “dizziness”). By surface analysis, scot- + -omy. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|σκοτωμία||dizziness}} Ancient Greek σκοτωμία (skotōmía, “dizziness”), {{surf|en|scot-|-omy}} By surface analysis, scot- + -omy Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} scotomy (countable and uncountable, plural scotomies)
  1. (obsolete) dizziness with dimness of sight Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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  2. (obsolete) obscuration of the field of vision due to the appearance of a dark spot before the eye Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-scotomy-en-noun-ZVAabF-m Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with scot-, English terms suffixed with -omy, English undefined derivations, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Vision Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 90 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with scot-: 34 66 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -omy: 33 67 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 15 85 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 93 Disambiguation of Vision: 0 100

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