anopsia
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An anopsia, or anopia, () is a defect in the visual field. If the defect is only partial, then the portion of the field with the defect can be used to isolate the underlying cause. It is particularly used to describe the lack of sight in one eye.
Health references
- ICD-10
- H53.40 — Unspecified visual field defects
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- disease
- Subclass of
- vision disorder
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- health specialty
- ophthalmology
- afflicts
- visual field
- medical examination
- campimetry
- NCI Thesaurus ID
- C118727
- Commons category
- Visual field loss
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An anopsia, or anopia, () is a defect in the visual field. If the defect is only partial, then the portion of the field with the defect can be used to isolate the underlying cause. It is particularly used to describe the lack of sight in one eye.
__TOC__ == Variants == Types of partial anopsia include: Hemianopsia Homonymous hemianopsia Heteronymous hemianopsia Binasal hemianopsia Bitemporal hemianopsia Superior hemianopia Inferior hemianopia Quadrantanopia
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