Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In pathology, the morbid condition of vision in which a single object appears double. Also
diplopy .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) The act or state of seeing double.
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- noun pathology An
ophthalmologic condition where one perceives two images;double vision .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun visual impairment in which an object is seen as two objects
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Examples
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Eighty-three percent of the parents of these children reported benefits, ranging from improved immune defenses, regression of diplopia, or improved blood values.
Homeopathic Medicine: Europe's #1 Alternative for Doctors 2010
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Brain stem strokes almost always have other neurological findings-diplopia,cranial nerve palsies ,dysarthria, etc-but midline cerebellar disease may only have vertigo, nausea and inability to walk so intense is the disequilibrium.
Archive 2007-11-01 james gaulte 2007
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Brain stem strokes almost always have other neurological findings-diplopia,cranial nerve palsies ,dysarthria, etc-but midline cerebellar disease may only have vertigo, nausea and inability to walk so intense is the disequilibrium.
Current issue of Mayo Clnic Proceedings critical of ED docs handling of vertigo and current diagnostic paradigm james gaulte 2007
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Responding correctly to a mirror image requires the creation of a rather peculari form of dual representation or 'mental diplopia', and this subtle ability may be compromised by the right parietal lesion.
I Can't Reach It; It's Inside the Mirror. Chris 2005
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Carbamazepine has side effects similar to those of cyclic antidepressants (as listed in the section on mood stabilizers above) and to other anticonvulsants (drowsiness, dizziness, ataxia, headache, nausea, chills, fever, blurred vision, diplopia).
The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry Michael Alan Taylor 1993
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There is diplopia, and the vision of the right eye is much impaired; the man can see persons, but cannot count fingers with certainty, although he sees the hand.
Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre George Henry Makins
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Three weeks later there was diplopia; loss of function of the right external and inferior recti, although the ball could be turned downward to some extent by the superior oblique when the internal rectus was in action.
Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre George Henry Makins
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In some of the gutter wounds and subcutaneous tracks crossing the forehead and sides of the head, signs of intracranial disturbance were occasionally observed in the absence of external fracture, such as transient muscular weakness, unsteadiness in movements, giddiness, diplopia, or loss of memory and intellectual clearness.
Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre George Henry Makins
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Then there were those charges and theories of overstrained eyes, diplopia, and defective focussing, to say nothing of other suggestions.
To Mars via The Moon An Astronomical Story Mark Wicks
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Theory after theory has been brought forward with the object of disproving the existence of the canal lines; some of these, such as eye-strain, diplopia, bad focussing, illusion, and imagination, have already been mentioned.
To Mars via The Moon An Astronomical Story Mark Wicks
yarb commented on the word diplopia
We have a horrible
kind of diplopia -
(1) straight, clinical,
accurate, X-ray,
(2) refracted
to serve out bent calling.
- Peter Reading, War Artistes, from Diplopic, 1983
June 30, 2008
jmjarmstrong commented on the word diplopia
JM acknowledges that some things are so amazing that diplopia is required.
October 18, 2010