scotodinia

scotodinia
  n. dizziness together with headache and loss of vision.
   ♦ scotograph, n. instrument for writing without seeing; X-ray photograph.
   ♦ scotoma, n. (pl. -mata ) blind spot.
   ♦ scotophobia, n. dread of darkness.
   ♦ scotopia n. ability of eye to adjust to seeing in dark.
   ♦ scotoscope, n. instrument detecting objects in darkness.

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  • scotodinia — ˌskäd.əˈdinēə, ˌskōd. noun ( s) Etymology: New Latin, from Greek skotos darkness + dinos whirling; dizziness + New Latin ia more at shade, dino …   Useful english dictionary

  • scotodinia — sco·to·din·ia (sko″to dinґe ə) [scoto + Gr. dinos whirl] dizziness with blurring of vision and headache. Called also apoplectic vertigo and tenebric vertigo …   Medical dictionary

  • scotodinia — scot·o·din·ia …   English syllables

  • apoplectic vertigo — scotodinia …   Medical dictionary

  • tenebric vertigo — scotodinia …   Medical dictionary

  • Scotodĭa — (Scotodine, Scotodinia, Scotodiniasis, Scotodinus, Scotonia, Scotosis, v. gr.), Schwindel mit Dunkelwerden vor den Augen …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • scot|o|din|i|a — «SKOT uh DIHN ee uh», noun. a dizziness combined with dimness of vision. ╂[< New Latin scotodinia < Greek skótos darkness + dînos a whirling] …   Useful english dictionary

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