Diplopia

diplopia /di·plo·pia/ (di-plo´pe-ah) the perception of two images of a single object.

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binocular diplopia  double vision in which the images of an object are formed on noncorresponding points of the retinas.

crossed diplopia  diplopia in which the image belonging to the right eye is displaced to the left of the image belonging to the left eye.

direct diplopia  that in which the image belonging to the right eye appears to the right of the image belonging to the left eye.

heteronymous diplopia  crossed d.

homonymous diplopia  direct d.

horizontal diplopia  that in which the images lie in the same horizontal plane, being either direct or crossed.

monocular diplopia  perception by one eye of two images of a single object.

paradoxical diplopia  crossed d.

torsional diplopia  that in which the upper pole of the vertical axis of one image is inclined toward or away from that of the other.

vertical diplopia  that in which one image appears above the other in the same vertical plane.

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di·plo·pi·a (d-plp-)

n.

See double vision.

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di·plopic (-plpk, -plpk) adj.

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Diplopia

The medical term for seeing double.

Mentioned in: Nasal Trauma

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diplopia (diplō´pē),

n seeing a single object as two images. May occur after fracture of the bony orbital cavity as a result of displacement of the globe of the eye inferiorly.

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diplopia

seeing two images; double vision.