MUSCAE VOLITANTES

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Spots before the eyes caused by opaque cell fragments in the vitreous humor and lens

Example:

floaters seem to drift through the field of vision

Synonyms:

floater; musca volitans; muscae volitantes; spots

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("muscae volitantes" is a kind of...):

symptom ((medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease)

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