Definition of micropsia in English:
micropsia
noun mʌɪˈkrɒpsɪəmīˈkräpsēə
mass nounA condition of the eyes in which objects appear smaller than normal.
Example sentencesExamples
- It must be strongly emphasized that oculomotor micropsia and oculomotor macropsia are physiological and not geometrical effects.
- Because micropsia exists for close objects, macropsia, the opposite, occurs for far objects.
- Instead I lay incapacitated, overwhelmed by the sensation I am now able to give the name micropsia.
- That oculomotor adjustment to a relatively near point induces micropsia for the zenith moon
- In the second to third hour, visual illusions, wavelike recurrences of perceptual changes (micropsia, macropsia, etc.), and affective symptoms may occur.
Origin
Mid 19th century: from micro- 'small' + Greek -opsia 'seeing'.