Definition of Hemianopic scotoma

1. Noun. A scotoma involving half of the visual field.

Generic synonyms: Scotoma

Medical Definition of Hemianopic scotoma

1. A scotoma involving half of the central field. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hemianopic Scotoma

hemiageustia
hemialbumin
hemialbumose
hemialbumoses
hemialgia
hemialgias
hemiaminal
hemiaminals
hemianaesthesia
hemianalgesia
hemianencephaly
hemianesthesia
hemianopia
hemianopias
hemianopic
hemianopic scotoma (current term)
hemianopic spectacles
hemianopsia
hemianopsias
hemianosmia
hemiaplasia
hemiapraxia
hemiarthroplasties
hemiarthroplasty
hemiascomycete
hemiascomycetes
hemiasynergia
hemiataxia
hemiathetosis
hemiatrophy

Literary usage of Hemianopic scotoma

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Annals of Ophthalmology (1916)
"Peripheral bitemporal hemianopsia with central temporal hemianopic scotoma. 15. Unilateral central temporal hemianopic scotoma. 16. ..."

2. The Year-book of Treatment (1885)
"... a form of migraine, the ophthalmic, characterised by the existence of a scintillating or hemianopic scotoma, a suborbital pain, nausea, and vomiting, ..."

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