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quadrantanopia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
quad-ran-tanopia
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The loss of vision in one or more quadrants of the field of view.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English quadrant Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-) Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-)der. English an- English -opia English anopia English quadrantanopia From quadrant + anopia.

Usage

Inflected Forms

quadrantanopias (plural)

Derived Forms

quadrantanopic

Frequently Paired Words

hemianopsia

Questions

What does quadrantanopia mean?
The loss of vision in one or more quadrants of the field of view.
Where does quadrantanopia come from?
Etymology tree English quadrant Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-) Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-)der. English an- English -opia English anopia English quadrantanopia From quadrant + anopia.

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