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MUSCAE VOLITANTES

Dictionary entry overview: What does muscae volitantes mean?

• MUSCAE VOLITANTES (noun)
The noun MUSCAE VOLITANTES has 1 sense:

1. spots before the eyes caused by opaque cell fragments in the vitreous humor and lens

Familiarity information: MUSCAE VOLITANTES used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• MUSCAE VOLITANTES (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Spots before the eyes caused by opaque cell fragments in the vitreous humor and lens

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

floater; musca volitans; muscae volitantes; spots

Hypernyms ("muscae volitantes" is a kind of...):

symptom ((medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease)

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