hemianopia

Definitions  ·  Examples  ·  Pronunciations  ·  Etymologies  ·  Related  ·  Statistics  ·  Comments  · 
A homonymous hemianopia, or in other words, damage of the left visual field, is illustrated in the picture below.

View all »
Examples (18)

  • A homonymous hemianopia, or in other words, damage of the left visual field, is illustrated in the picture below. —  Yvonne Foong: Fighting NF
  • The optic tract, which crosses the crus, may also be affected, and hemianopia result. —  Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.
  • Findings support continued exploration of cognitive remediation. accent activation adults alexia amr anatomy angular apd aphasia apraxia articulation aspiration assessment auditory auscultation autism awareness bolus boston brain camperdown cancer central cervical children chin clusters cochlear conditioning cord correlation cross-modality cueing cysts delay denture development differential disorders dyphagia dysarthria dysfluency dyshagia dyslexia dysphagia dysphasia efficacy effortful elevation exercise family fees fold folds free functional generalisation goals gyrus hearing hemianopia hoarse home implant initiation injury intelligibility intonation intubation language laryngeal lateral lee lesion letters lidcombe life location lsvt mandible manual masses medication medullary memory naming nasogastric nerve neuroanatomy nodules normal norms nursing operant oral ouch overview pacing palsy paralysis parents parkinsons pecs peg phonological plasticity pneumonia polyps predictor premotor processing program prosody puberty rate reading recovery recurrent rehabilitation resonance respiration review shaker silverman singing smooth sounds sour speech spinal stimulation stroke stuttering subcortical supraglottic surgery swallowing sweet syndrome systematic tbi telehealth temporal test therapy thyrohyoid thyroidectomy tongue transgender transition traumatic treatment tuck twang ues vagus visual vocal voice water weaning working writing CiteULike organises scholarly (or academic) papers or literature and provides bibliographic (which means it makes bibliographies) for universities and higher education establishments. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • When the posterior part of the capsule is involved, there are, in addition, hemianæsthesia and hemianopia, and sometimes disturbances of hearing, smell, and taste. —  Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.
  • Lesions implicating the cortical centre for sight in the occipital lobe give rise to hemianopia -- that is, loss of sight in the lateral halves of the fields of vision of both eyes -- colour-blindness, subjective sensations of light and colour, and other eye symptoms. —  Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.
 

Tags

Sign up or sign in to add tags.

Stats

This word has been looked up 14 times.

On Twitter

Photos from

flickr images

Etymologies (1)

Toggle Century etymologies Century Dictionary (1)

  1. New Latin, from Greek ἡμι-, half, + ἀν- privative + ὠψ (ὠπ-), eye.
 

Pronunciations
Record your own »

If you'd like to prod us on getting a pronunciation for this word, sign in (or sign up) and let us know.

Charts

frequency chart

Bubble size: how much this word was used in a year

Bubble height: used more or less than expected, vs. all uses evenly distributed

You can expect to see this word about once a year.

Recently looked up

periphrastic · fect · three-prong · unto · racy

Recent Favorites

pygopagus · sanglant · Astacus · sweetbread · qualms

Recent Pronunciations

aithníonn ciaróg ciaróg eile · an sionnach i gcraiceann na caorach · lavar puercos con jabón es perder tiempo y jabón · procrastinate · its not like im ugly people tell me im pretty