Biology

polyopia

Term: polyopia

Literally meaning: ?multiple vision?

Origin: Anc Greek

????-/poly-(=many, several)

+ ???? or ????/opis (=sight, eye) > ????? /opopa(=present perfect of verb ??????/orao(=see)

Coined/History

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Definition

Polyopia is the visual perception of several images of a single object especially with one eye.

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