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  • noun Plural form of scotoma.

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Examples

  • We're dealing with true perceptual completion across the scotomas, not just guesswork or deduction.

    Archive 2010-02-14 2010

  • We're dealing with true perceptual completion across the scotomas, not just guesswork or deduction.

    UNDERSTANDING COMICS: From vision to narrative? (cont.) 2010

  • I think that if I had experienced the intimacy the two characters in the movie had prior to my marriage, that would have been enough to break through my scotomas.

    badger Diary Entry badger 2006

  • Likewise, blindsight subjects do not spontaneously respond to things presented to their scotomas, but must be trained to make responses using a forced-response paradigm.

    Animal Consciousness Allen, Colin 2006

  • Other potential visual defects include changes in the visual field and scotomas (blind island-like gaps in the visual field).

    CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] Etissell 2010

  • Tests conducted on the teen showed that he had central scotomas, or dark spots, in his vision.

    dailyindia.com News Feed 2010

  • Other potential visual defects include changes in the visual field and scotomas (blind island-like gaps in the visual field).

    CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] Ashcraft 2010

  • "Clinicians have, however, made the HPA aware that scotomas - retinal injuries causing abnormal vision - have been caused by high power green laser pointers," he added.

    dailyindia.com News Feed 2010

  • Other potential visual defects include changes in the visual field and scotomas (blind island-like gaps in the visual field).

    CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] Etissell 2010

  • Other potential visual defects include changes in the visual field and scotomas (blind island-like gaps in the visual field).

    CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] Etissell 2010

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