metamorphopsia

metamorphopsia
Distortion of visual images. [meta- + G. morphe, shape, + opsis, vision]

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n.
a condition in which objects appear distorted. It is usually due to a disorder of the retina affecting the macula (the most sensitive part).

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meta·mor·phop·sia (met″ə-mor-fopґse-ə) [meta- + morph- + -opsia] a disturbance of vision in which objects are seen as distorted in shape.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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