myodesopsiaとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Blend of μυῖα (muîa, “fly (insect)”) +‎ -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-like”) +‎ -οψίᾱ (-opsíā, “-view, -sight”): the condition of seeing fly-like things

名詞

myodesopsia (countable and uncountable, plural myodesopsias)

1. The perception of floaters in the vitreous humour.
   • 2003, Julius Hirschberg, The History of Ophthalmology:

     ... the retina and an explanation of entoptic phenomena (scotomata, myodesopsias and phosphenes) including strabismus

   • 2012, Creig S. Hoyt, David Taylor, Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, →ISBN, page 1012:

     Myodesopsia is the perception of a floater and is caused by the development of imperfections or deposits within the vitreous body that cast a moving shadow on the retina.