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scotomatous

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sco·to·ma·tous (sk-tm-ts, -tm-)
adj.
Of, relating to, or affected by scotoma.


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If a person places what he or she wants to see at the location of the (now blind) fovea and within the scotomatous area, he or she will not be able to see it.
For example, Figure 1 shows an SLO image of paragraph text on a retina with a hypothetical scotomatous central lesion.
 
 
 
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