upper hemianopia

upper hemianopia
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  • hemianopia —    Also known as hemianopsia. Both terms come from the Greek words hèmi (half), an (not), and opsis (seeing). They translate loosely as blindness in one half of the visual field . Phe nomenologically, various types of hemianopia can be… …   Dictionary of Hallucinations

  • hemianopia — Loss of vision for one half of the visual field of one or both eyes. SYN: hemianopsia. absolute h. hemianopsia in which the affected field is totally insensitive to all visual stimuli. SYN: complete h.. altitudinal h. a defect in the visual …   Medical dictionary

  • hemianopia — n. absence of half of the normal field of vision. The commonest type is homonymous hemianopia, in which the same half (right or left) is lost in both eyes. Sometimes the inner halves of the visual field are lost in both eyes, producing a binasal… …   The new mediacal dictionary

  • altitudinal hemianopia — hemianopia in the upper or lower half of the visual field …   Medical dictionary

  • crossed hemianopia — altitudinal hemianopia affecting the upper field of one eye and the lower field of the other …   Medical dictionary

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  • quadrantanopia — Loss of vision in a quarter section of the visual field of one or both eyes; if bilateral, it may be homonymous or heteronymous, binasal or bitemporal, or crossed, e.g., involving the upper quadrant in one eye and the lower quadrant in the other …   Medical dictionary

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