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noun
Blindness in one half of the field of vision of either or both eyes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, ophthalmology, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
blindness in one half of the visual field of one or both eyes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: hemianopia
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: visual impairment, visual defect, vision defect, visual disorder
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Ancient Greek ἡμῐ- (hēmĭ-)lbor. English hemi- Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-) Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-)der. English an- English -opsia English hemianopsia From hemi- + an- + -opsia.
Across languages
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