metamorphopsia

Questions

What does metamorphopsia mean?

A visual distortion, associated with macular degeneration, in which a grid of straight lines appears wavy and parts of the grid may appear blank.

Where does metamorphopsia come from?

From metamorph + -opsia.

How to pronounce metamorphopsia

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