Definition of Scotomatous

1. Adjective. Relating to scotoma.

Partainyms: Scotoma
Derivative terms: Scotoma

Medical Definition of Scotomatous

1. Relating to scotoma. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scotomatous

scotino
scotinos
scotist
scotistic
scotlandite
scoto-
scotochromogenic
scotochromogens
scotogenic
scotograph
scotographs
scotoma
scotomaphobia
scotomas
scotomata
scotomatous (current term)
scotometer
scotometry
scotomia
scotomias
scotomies
scotomization
scotomizations
scotomy
scotophase
scotophil
scotophilia
scotophobia
scotopia
scotopias

Literary usage of Scotomatous

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

1. Ophthalmic Record: A Monthly Review of the Progress of Ophthalmology (1900)
"Field of vision showing scotomatous area indicating detachment in the lower portion of the retina. The patient was immediately put to bed, the pupil of the ..."

2. Transactions of the American Ophthalmological Society Annual Meeting by American Ophthalmological Society (1909)
"Over the scotomatous area a white test-object was recognized, but blurred in appearance. Exactly how long this type of scotoma lasted I cannot ..."

3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1902)
"4) had become somewhat larger, and the scotomatous area had Fio. 5. become much smaller and had removed outwardly so as to entirely include the ..."

4. Annals of Ophthalmology (1917)
"This type differs from the scotomatous type, in that the defective area is not surrounded by an area of relatively stronger function. ..."

5. Nervous and Mental Diseases by Archibald Church, Frederick Peterson (1919)
"Involvement of the ocular muscles is comparatively frequent and bilateral scotomatous amaurosis is common. Of all forms, alcoholic polyneuritis furnishes by ..."

6. Nervous and Mental Diseases by Archibald Church, Frederick Peterson (1914)
"Involvement of the ocular muscles is comparatively frequent and bilateral scotomatous amaurosis is common. Of all forms, alcoholic polyneuritis furnishes by ..."

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