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Definition of Scotomata
1. scotoma [n] - See also: scotoma
Medical Definition of Scotomata
1. Plural of scotoma. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scotomata
Literary usage of Scotomata
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The London Medical Gazette (1831)
"It at first appeared in the form of scotomata, which have gradually increased so
as to assume the above-mentioned appearance. Occasionally in the dark, ..."
2. Diagnosis from Ocular Symptoms by Matthias Lanckton Foster (1917)
"scotomata An island of absolute or of relative blindness in the visual field is
... Negative paracentral and peripheral scotomata usually can be referred to ..."
3. Ophthalmic review (1888)
"In four cases there were small absolute scotomata in the centre of larger relative
scotomata, where small white objects were absolutely invisible. ..."
4. Manual of the diseases of the eye: For Students and General Practitioners by Charles Henry May (1909)
"Peripheral scotomata cause little disturbance of sight and may exist without the
patient's knowledge, especially when situated far from the point of ..."
5. An Index of differential diagnosis of main symptoms by Herbert French (1918)
"scotomata of this character exist where there is some injury of the visual layers
of the ... Such positive scotomata are due to lesions of the retina, ..."
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