Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hemianopsia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.09 in modern English

Syllables: hemi-anop-sia
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Blindness in one half of the field of vision of either or both eyes.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Proto-Hellenic [Term?] Ancient Greek ἡμῐ- (hēmĭ-)lbor. English hemi- Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-) Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-)der. English an- English -opsia English hemianopsia From hemi- + an- + -opsia.

Usage

Inflected Forms

hemianopsias (plural) hemianopia (alternative) hemiopia (alternative) hemiopsia (alternative) hemiopsy (alternative)

Derived Forms

hemianopsic

Synonyms

hemianopia

Questions

What does hemianopsia mean?: Blindness in one half of the field of vision of either or both eyes.
Where does hemianopsia come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Proto-Hellenic [Term?] Ancient Greek ἡμῐ- (hēmĭ-)lbor. English hemi- Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-) Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-)der. English an- English -opsia English hemianopsia From hemi- + an- + -opsia.

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