scotodinia

scotodinia
\\ˌskäd.əˈdinēə, ˌskōd.-\ noun (-s)
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek skotos darkness + dinos whirling; dizziness + New Latin -ia — more at shade, dino-
: dizziness with headache and impairment of sight

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scotodinia /-dinˈi-ə/ noun
(Gr dīnos whirling) dizziness with headache and impairment of vision
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Main Entry: ↑scoto-

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  • scotodinia — sco·to·din·ia (sko″to dinґe ə) [scoto + Gr. dinos whirl] dizziness with blurring of vision and headache. Called also apoplectic vertigo and tenebric vertigo …   Medical dictionary

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  • Scotodĭa — (Scotodine, Scotodinia, Scotodiniasis, Scotodinus, Scotonia, Scotosis, v. gr.), Schwindel mit Dunkelwerden vor den Augen …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • scot|o|din|i|a — «SKOT uh DIHN ee uh», noun. a dizziness combined with dimness of vision. ╂[< New Latin scotodinia < Greek skótos darkness + dînos a whirling] …   Useful english dictionary

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