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Meaning of "scotomy" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SCOTOMY

ˈskɒtəmɪ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SCOTOMY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Scotomy is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SCOTOMY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Scotoma

A scotoma is an area of partial alteration in the field of vision consisting of a partially diminished or entirely degenerated visual acuity that is surrounded by a field of normal – or relatively well-preserved – vision. A depiction of a scintillating scotoma that was almost spiral-shaped, with distortion of shapes but otherwise melting into the background similarly to the physiological blind spot, as may be caused by cortical spreading depression Every normal mammalian eye has a scotoma in its field of vision, usually termed its blind spot. This is a location with no photoreceptor cells, where the retinal ganglion cell axons that compose the optic nerve exit the retina. This location is called the optic disc. There is no direct conscious awareness of visual scotomas. They are simply regions of reduced information within the visual field. Rather than recognizing an incomplete image, patients with scotomas report that thing "disappear" on them.

Definition of scotomy in the English dictionary

The definition of scotomy in the dictionary is dizziness caused by poor sight. Other definition of scotomy is a disturbance of sight caused by the appearance of a dark spot before the eye.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SCOTOMY

amniotomy · craniotomy · dichotomy · episiotomy · keratotomy · laparotomy · leucotomy · leukotomy · lobotomy · oncotomy · osteotomy · phlebotomy · polychotomy · rhizotomy · tetrachotomy · thoracotomy · tracheotomy · trichotomy · vagotomy · varicotomy

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SCOTOMY

scoter · scotia · Scotism · Scotist · Scotistic · Scotland · Scotland Yard · scotodinia · scotoma · scotomata · scotomatous · scotometer · scotomia · scotophil · scotopia · scotopic

WORDS THAT END LIKE SCOTOMY

anatomy · arteriotomy · autotomy · cephalotomy · cordotomy · cystotomy · enterotomy · gastrotomy · hysterotomy · iridotomy · microtomy · myringotomy · neurotomy · ovariotomy · rachiotomy · radial keratotomy · stereotomy · symphyseotomy · symphysiotomy · syringotomy · tenotomy

Synonyms and antonyms of scotomy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «scotomy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SCOTOMY

Find out the translation of scotomy to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of scotomy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «scotomy» in English.
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scotomy
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scotomy
570 millions of speakers
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scotomy
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scotomy
380 millions of speakers
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scotomy
280 millions of speakers
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scotomy
278 millions of speakers
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scotomy
270 millions of speakers
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scotomy
260 millions of speakers
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scotomy
220 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Malay

Scotomi
190 millions of speakers
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scotomy
180 millions of speakers
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scotomy
130 millions of speakers
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scotomy
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Scotomi
85 millions of speakers
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scotomy
80 millions of speakers
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scotomy
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स्कोटॉमी
75 millions of speakers
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scotomy
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scotomy
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scotomy
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scotomy
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scotomy
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scotomy
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scotomy
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scotomy
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scotomy
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about scotomy

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SCOTOMY»

Discover the use of scotomy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to scotomy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Healing and Society in Medieval England: A Middle English ...
B. MSS Containing the Middle English Gilbertus Anglicus with the Incipit Scotomy is such. Two other MSS containing the Middle English Gilbertus were copied for the most part in the same hand. 81 5 was copied and compiled in the middle of ...
Faye M. Getz, 2010
2
The city madam. The guardian. A very woman. The bashful ...
Sim. No more weapons. 1 Court. Why, how now, Sim? hear up, thou shamest us all, else. Sim. 'Slight I shall shame you worse, an I stay longer. s" I have got the scotomy in my head already,8 The whimsey: you all turn round—do not you dance ...
Philip Massinger, John Ferriar, William Gifford, 1805
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Plays: The city madam. The guardian. A very woman. The ...
'Slight I shall shame you worse, an I stay longer. I have got the scotomy in my head already,1 The whimsey : you all turn round — do not you dance, gallants ? 2 Court. Pish! what's all this? why, Sim, look, the last venue\ Lysander gives them all ...
Philip Massinger, William Gifford, 1813
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The Plays: In 4 Volumes. ¬The city madam [u.a.]
No more weapons. ' 1 Court. Why, how now, Sim? bear tip, thou. r shamest us all, else. 1 ' Sim. 'Slight I shall shame you worse, an I stay longer. ' i I have got the scotomy in my head already,' The whimsey: you all turn round—do not you dance , ...
Philip Massinger, William Gifford, 1813
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The Plays of Philip Massinger: The city madam. The guardian. ...
Sim. No more weapons. 1 Court. Why, how now, Sim ? bear up, thou shamest us all, else. Sim. 'Slight I shall shame you worse, an I stay longer. I have got the scotomy in my head already," The whimsey : you all turn round — do not you dance, ...
Philip Massinger, William Gifford, John Ferriar, 1813
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A glossary: or, Collection of words, phrases, names, and ...
And ere I got my booth, Each thing in mantle blacfc the night doth seoth. Pemb. Arc, B. iii, p. 896. SCOTOMY, *. An old medical term, for a dizziness, accompanied with dimness of sight; from iruiruHn, darkness. Evidently a term much used, ...
Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright, 1859
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Volpone, Or the Fox
O, sir, 'tis past the scotomy; he now Hath lost his feeling, and hath left to snort; You hardly can perceive him that he breathes. Corbaccio. Excellent, excellent; sure I shall outlast him! 55 This makes me young again, a score of years. Mosca.
Ben Jonson, Brian Parker, 1999
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Some account of Middleton and his works. The old law, by P. ...
Below, there is a miserable pun upon hair—the crossing of an hare was ominous. ”-—Id. ° and] i. e. if. P the scotomy] Old ed. “ scotony.”—“ The scotomy (6K0rwua) is a dizziness or swimming in the head.”-Id. Y Gnotho] Old ed. “ Gnothoes.
Thomas Middleton, William Rowley, Alexander Dyce, 1840
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The Works: In 9 Volumes. ... containing Sejanus. The fox. ...
I conceive you; good. Mos. Flows acold sweat, with a continual rheum, Forth the resolved corners of his eyes. Corb. Is't possible? Yet I am better, ha! How does he , with the swimming of his head? Mos. O, sir, 'tis past the scotomy ;' he now Hath ...
Ben Jonson, William Gifford, 1816
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A glossary and etymological dictionary of obsolete and ...
Scotomy (L. scotoma), a swimming or dizziness in the head. O sir, *tis past the scotomy; he now Has lost his feeling. B. Jonson's Volp-one. Scrannel. The etymology and precise meaning of this word is not understood ; Milton is the only  ...
William Toone, 1834
REFERENCE
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