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scotomy

The English word “scotomy” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. dizziness with dimness of sight
  2. obscuration of the field of vision due to the appearance of a dark spot before the eye

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σκοτωμία (skotōmía, “dizziness”). By surface analysis, scot- + -omy.

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