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Definition of Scotomy
1. n. Dizziness with dimness of sight.
Definition of Scotomy
1. scotomia [n SCOTOMIES] - See also: scotomia
Medical Definition of Scotomy
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1. Dizziness with dimness of sight.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Scotomy
Literary usage of Scotomy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Plays of Philip Massinger,: In Four Volumes. by Philip Massinger (1813)
"How does he with the swimming of his head ?• " Mas. O, sir, 'tis past the scotomy :
he now " Hath lost his feeling," &c. ..."
2. The Plays of Philip Massinger: In Four Volumes by Philip Massinger (1813)
"'Slight I shall shame you worse, an I stay I have got the scotomy in my head
already," The whimsey : you all turn round—do not you longer. dance, gallants ? ..."
3. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1872)
"scotomy, e. An old medical term, for a dizziness, accompanied with ... M. O,
sir, 'tis pa^t the scotomy, he now How docs he, with the swimming in his head ? ..."
4. A Glossary and Etymological Dictionary of Obsolete and Uncommon Words by William Toone (1832)
"scotomy (L. scotoma), a swimming or dizziness i» the head. O sir, 'tis past the
scotomy; he now Has lost his feeling.' B. JONSON'S VOLPONE. ..."
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