Crossword-Solution: HEMIANOPIA
We have 3 clues for the answer “HEMIANOPIA”
| Clue | Answers |
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| BLINDNESS in one half of the visual field | 1 answer |
| BLIND over half of field of vision | 2 answers |
| BLINDNESS over half of field of vision | 2 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
The apparent arc described, above or below the horizon, by the
sun or other celestial body. The diurnal arc is described during the
daytime, the nocturnal arc during the night.
Hint 2 anagram
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Sentences with HEMIANOPIA (5)
When the posterior part of the capsule is involved, there are, in addition, hemianæsthesia and hemianopia, and sometimes disturbances of hearing, smell, and taste.
Destruction of one half-vision centre produces the condition known as _homonymous hemianopia_, in which the medial (nasal) half of one visual field and the lateral (temporal) half of the other is affected, so that there is an inability to see objects situated on the side opposite to the lesion.
Lesions implicating the cortical centre for sight in the occipital lobe give rise to hemianopia--that is, loss of sight in the lateral halves of the fields of vision of both eyes--colour-blindness, subjective sensations of light and colour, and other eye symptoms.
Destruction of the calcarine region of one hemisphere produces therefore "crossed hemianopia," that is, loss of the opposite half of the field of vision.
Hemianopia may be caused by haemorrhage, by embolism, by tumour growth which either directly involves the visual nerve elements or affects them by compression and by inflammation.