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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   dizziness with dimness of sight countable, obsolete, uncountable

   "O, sir, 'tis past the scotomy;"

2. 2
   obscuration of the field of vision due to the appearance of a dark spot before the eye countable, obsolete, uncountable

Example

More examples

"I have got the scotomy in my head already."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σκοτωμία (skotōmía, “dizziness”). By surface analysis, scot- + -omy.

Related phrases

field of vision

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