| NOUN | state | scotoma | an isolated area of diminished vision within the visual field |
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| Meaning | An isolated area of diminished vision within the visual field. | |
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| Narrower | annular scotoma | A circular scotoma surrounding the center of the field of vision |
| central scotoma | A scotoma that involves the fixation point | |
| hemianopic scotoma | A scotoma involving half of the visual field | |
| paracentral scotoma | A scotoma that is adjacent to the fixation point | |
| scintillating scotoma, flittering scotoma | A localized area of diminished vision edged by shimmering colored lights | |
| Broader | visual impairment, visual defect, vision defect, visual disorder | impairment of the sense of sight |
| Spanish | escotoma | |
| Catalan | escotoma | |
| Adjectives | scotomatous | relating to scotoma |
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