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noun
An area of impaired or lost vision within a visual field otherwise in a good (or at least healthy) state.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: blind spot
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A weakness of the mind's perception, cognition, or world view, causing it to ignore some aspects of reality.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
Synonyms: blind spot
Antonyms: none provided
noun
an isolated area of diminished vision within the visual field
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: visual impairment, visual defect, vision defect, visual disorder
Narrower terms: annular scotoma, central scotoma, hemianopic scotoma, paracentral scotoma, scintillating scotoma, flittering scotoma
History
From Late Latin scotoma, from Ancient Greek σκότωμα (skótōma), from σκότος (skótos, “darkness”). By surface analysis, scot- + -oma. The figurative sense is an extension from the literal sense, as if the mind, like an eye, cannot "see" certain things.
Across languages
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