Area of diminished or lost vision within the visual field, surrounded by an area of less affected or normal vision.

(plural scotomata), 1540s, from Late Latin scotoma, from Greek skotoma "dizziness," from skotoun "to darken," from skotos "darkness" (see shade).

A visual disorder wherein there is complete or partial loss of vision in an area of the eye, which is surrounded by an area wherein there is normal vision.

An area of decreased vision surrounded by an area of less depressed or normal vision.

Blind spot; a permanent or temporary area of depressed (relative scotoma), altered (scintillating scotoma), or absent (absolute scotoma) vision caused by lesions of the visual system or various other [..]

blind spot (pop)

A region of blindness caused by injury to the visual pathway or brain.

An area of decreased vision surrounded by an area of less depressed or normal vision.

(n) an isolated area of diminished vision within the visual field

Area of blindness of varying size anywhere within the visual fields. [Click Here To Return To List]

An area of partial or complete loss of vision surrounded by an area of normal vision.

A blank spot in the visual field that is sometimes evident during the aura of a migraine headache.

A defect in the visual field which is surrounded by a normally functioning field; can be detected by perimetry.

Loss of visual perception in a spatially proscribed area of the visual field. Can be due to a lesion anywhere along the retino-cortical pathway. Searchlight

An area of partial or complete loss of vision surrounded by an area of normal vision.

Blind spot in the center of the visual field.