myodesopsia
English
Noun
myodesopsia (countable and uncountable, plural myodesopsias)
- The perception of floaters in the vitreous humour.
- 2003, Julius Hirschberg, The History of Ophthalmology:
- ... the retina and an explanation of entoptic phenomena (scotomata, myodesopsias and phosphenes) including strabismus
- 2012, Creig S. Hoyt & David Taylor, Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, →ISBN, page 1012:
- Myodesopsia is the perception of a floater and is caused by the development of imperfections or deposits within the vitreous body that cast a moving shadow on the retina.
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