‖ polyopia Path.
(pɒlɪˈəʊpɪə)
Also in anglicized form ˈpolyopy.
[mod.L., f. Gr. πολυ-, poly- + ὤψ, ὠπ- eye: cf. amblyopia, diplopia, myopia.]
An affection of the eyes in which one object is seen as two or more; multiple vision.
| 1853 Dunglison Med. Lex., Polyopy. 1879 P. Smith Glaucoma 75 The effect upon the refraction was such as to produce polyopia. 1899 Allbutt's Syst. Med. VIII. 107 Monocular diplopia, that is the seeing of two or even of more (polyopia) images with one eye. |
So ‖ polyˈopsia [Gr. -οψία, from ὄψις sight] = polyopia.
| 1842 Dunglison Med. Lex., Polyopsia,..vision is so called, when multiple. 1896 Baldwin tr. Binet's Alt. Personality 67 On the left the field of vision is normal. Further, there is achromatopsia and monocular polyopsia. |