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SCINTILLATING SCOTOMA

• SCINTILLATING SCOTOMA (noun)
The noun SCINTILLATING SCOTOMA has 1 sense:

1. a localized area of diminished vision edged by shimmering colored lights; in many people it indicates the onset of migraine

Familiarity information: SCINTILLATING SCOTOMA used as a noun is very rare.

• SCINTILLATING SCOTOMA (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A localized area of diminished vision edged by shimmering colored lights; in many people it indicates the onset of migraine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

flittering scotoma; scintillating scotoma

Hypernyms ("scintillating scotoma" is a kind of...):

scotoma (an isolated area of diminished vision within the visual field)

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