macropsia

macropsia
Perception of objects as larger than they are. [macro- + G. opsis, vision]

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mac·rop·sia ma-'kräp-sē-ə also mac·rop·sy 'ma-.kräp-sē n, pl -sias also -sies a condition of the eye in which objects appear to be unnaturally large compare MICROPSIA

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n.
a condition in which objects appear larger than they really are. It is usually due to disease of the retina affecting the macula but may also occur in spasm of accommodation.

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ma·crop·sia (mə-kropґse-ə) [macro- + -opsia] an illusion in which objects are seen as larger than they actually are.

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  • macropsia — f. oftalm. Alteración de la visión en la que los objetos se ven más grandes de lo que son en realidad. Se opone a micropsia. Medical Dictionary. 2011. macropsia …   Diccionario médico

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  • macropsia — s. f. Visão que avoluma os corpos.   ‣ Etimologia: macro + opsia …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

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  • macropsia — Eng. Macropsia Visión de los objetos de un tamaño mayor al real. Macropía. Megalopsia. Megalopía …   Diccionario de oftalmología

  • Macropsia — La macropsia es un desorden neurológico que afecta a la percepción del ojo humano, haciendo que los objetos sean percibidos más grandes de lo que son en realidad; siendo este síndrome el inverso a la micropsia …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • macropsia — /meuh krop see euh/, n. Ophthalm. a defect of vision in which objects appear to be larger than their actual size. Also, macropia /meuh kroh pee euh/, macropsy /mak rop see/. Also called megalopsia, megalopia. Cf. micropsia. [1885 90; < NL; see… …   Universalium

  • macropsia — noun A disorder in which objects appear much larger than normal, most often the result of a neurological dysfunction. Syn: macropsy Ant: micropsia …   Wiktionary

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