Biology
- Optometry
Term: optometryLiterally meaning: ?measure of vision? Origin: Anc Greek/??/ops(=face, look, vision)??????/metron (=meausure) Coined/HistoryIt is suggested that the first spectacles were appeared in Italy during 13th cen. The first book about eye...
- Angioscotometry
Term: angioscotometryLiterally meaning: ?measurement of vessel?s darkness? Origin: Anc Greek??????/aggio (=vessel, receptacle) > ?????/aggos(=tube)+??????/scotos(=darkness) > ????/scia(shadow)+(-??????)/(-metry) (= suffix forming nouns relating...
- Polyopia
Term: polyopiaLiterally meaning: ?multiple vision?Origin: Anc Greek????-/poly-(=many, several)+ ???? or ????/opis (=sight, eye) > ????? /opopa(=present perfect of verb ??????/orao(=see)Coined/History(?)DefinitionPolyopia is the visual perception of...
- Autopsy
Term: autopsy. Origin: Anc Greek ?????/autos (= self) + ????/opsis (= to look at, vision; sight) à a seeing with one's own eyes (the same meaning for modern Greek word «???????»). Coined: In the third century B.C., the word autopsia...
- Achromatopsia
Term: achromatopsia Origin: Anc Greek ?/?(= prefix that denotes absence) ?????/chroma(=color) + ???/opsi(=look, face) Coined: in 1957 by Blackwell HR, Blackwell OM "Blue mono-cone monochromacy: a new color vision defect" J Optical...
Biology
scotoma
Term:scotoma
Literally meaning: ?darkness?
Origin: Anc Greek
??????/scotos(=darkness) > ????/scia(shadow)
Coined/History
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Definition
Scotoma is an area of decreased vision within the visual field ?urrounded by an area of relatively normal vision.
- Optometry
Term: optometryLiterally meaning: ?measure of vision? Origin: Anc Greek/??/ops(=face, look, vision)??????/metron (=meausure) Coined/HistoryIt is suggested that the first spectacles were appeared in Italy during 13th cen. The first book about eye...
- Angioscotometry
Term: angioscotometryLiterally meaning: ?measurement of vessel?s darkness? Origin: Anc Greek??????/aggio (=vessel, receptacle) > ?????/aggos(=tube)+??????/scotos(=darkness) > ????/scia(shadow)+(-??????)/(-metry) (= suffix forming nouns relating...
- Polyopia
Term: polyopiaLiterally meaning: ?multiple vision?Origin: Anc Greek????-/poly-(=many, several)+ ???? or ????/opis (=sight, eye) > ????? /opopa(=present perfect of verb ??????/orao(=see)Coined/History(?)DefinitionPolyopia is the visual perception of...
- Autopsy
Term: autopsy. Origin: Anc Greek ?????/autos (= self) + ????/opsis (= to look at, vision; sight) à a seeing with one's own eyes (the same meaning for modern Greek word «???????»). Coined: In the third century B.C., the word autopsia...
- Achromatopsia
Term: achromatopsia Origin: Anc Greek ?/?(= prefix that denotes absence) ?????/chroma(=color) + ???/opsi(=look, face) Coined: in 1957 by Blackwell HR, Blackwell OM "Blue mono-cone monochromacy: a new color vision defect" J Optical...