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micropsia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mi-crop-sia
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A disorder in which objects appear much smaller than normal, most often the result of a neurological dysfunction.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μικροψία (mikropsía), from μικρός (mikrós, “little, small”) + ὄψις (ópsis, “view”).

Usage

Inflected Forms

micropsias (plural)

Synonyms

micropia

Antonyms

macropsia

Questions

What does micropsia mean?
A disorder in which objects appear much smaller than normal, most often the result of a neurological dysfunction.
Where does micropsia come from?
From Ancient Greek μικροψία (mikropsía), from μικρός (mikrós, “little, small”) + ὄψις (ópsis, “view”).

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