floaters /float·ers/ (flo´ters) “spots before the eyes”; deposits in the vitreous of the eye, usually moving about and probably representing fine aggregates of vitreous protein occurring as a benign degenerative change.
Floaters
float·ers (fl  t r)pl.n. Specks or small threads in the visual field, usually perceived to be moving, that are caused by minute aggregations of cells or proteins in the vitreous humor of the eye. |
Floaters
Translucent specks that float across the visual field, due to small objects floating in the vitreous humor.
Mentioned in: Eye Examination
floaters
Heterogeneities in the vitreous humour which may be of embryonic origin or pathological (e.g. in posterior vitreous detachment, retinal detachment, vitritis, asteroid hyalosis). The patient sees spots which float as the eye moves. Floaters are common in normal old eyes. Syn. vitreous floaters. See iritis; muscae volitantes; myiodesopsia; photopsia; lattice degeneration of the retina; cytomegalovirus retinitis; uveitis; vitritis.
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