diplopia /di·plo·pia/ (dĭ-plo´pe-ah) the perception of two images of a single object.
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.
di·rect diplopia (d -r kt , d -)n. See homonymous diplopia. |
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