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noun
A visual distortion, associated with macular degeneration, in which a grid of straight lines appears wavy and parts of the grid may appear blank.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, neurology, neuroscience, ophthalmology, sciences
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noun
a defect of vision in which objects appear to be distorted; usually due to a defect in the retina
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: visual impairment, visual defect, vision defect, visual disorder
History
From metamorph + -opsia.
