homonymous

homonymous
Having the same name or expressed in the same terms, e.g., the corresponding halves (right or left, superior or inferior) of the retinas. [G. h., of the same name, fr. onyma, name]

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hom·on·y·mous hō-'män-ə-məs adj
1) affecting the same part of the visual field of each eye <right \homonymous hemianopia>
2) relating to or being diplopia in which the image that is seen by the right eye is to the right of the image that is seen by the left eye

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adj.
describing a visual defect in which the visual field to one side of the body is restricted in both eyes (see hemianopia).

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ho·mon·y·mous (ho-monґĭ-məs) [hom- + Gr. onoma name] 1. having the same or corresponding sound or name. 2. in ophthalmology, pertaining to the corresponding vertical halves of the visual fields of both eyes, i.e., the right visual field (the nasal half of the left eye, the temporal of the right) and the left visual field (the temporal half of the left eye, the nasal of the right).

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