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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scotomy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sco-to-my
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

dizziness with dimness of sight

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

noun

obscuration of the field of vision due to the appearance of a dark spot before the eye

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σκοτωμία (skotōmía, “dizziness”). By surface analysis, scot- + -omy.

Usage

Inflected Forms

scotomies (plural)

Questions

What does scotomy mean?
dizziness with dimness of sight
Where does scotomy come from?
From Ancient Greek σκοτωμία (skotōmía, “dizziness”). By surface analysis, scot- + -omy.

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