scotomy

noun

1. dizziness with dimness of sight

   countable, obsolete, uncountable

   O, sir, 'tis past the scotomy;

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

   countable, obsolete, uncountable

Where it comes from

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

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry scotomy (CC BY-SA 4.0).

← scorsescoury →

Another random word More words starting with S