polyopsian.
/ˌpɒlɪˈɒpsɪə/, U.S. /ˌpɑliˈɑpsiə/ Medicine. rare.
= polyopia n.
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polyopy1853
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1842 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (ed. 3) Polyopsia, vision is so called, when multiple.
1896 J. M. Baldwin tr. A. Binet Alt. Personality 67 On the left the field of vision is normal. Further, there is achromatopsia and monocular polyopsia.
1953 L. E. Hinsie & J. Shatzky Psychiatric Dict. (ed. 2) Suppl. 718/1 Polyopsia, hysterical, a condition in which the visual apperception of one object appears to the individual as two or more objects. Such a phenomenon may be observed in hysteria.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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