Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In pathology, an affection of the eye in which objects appear less than their actual size.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun pathology A disorder in which objects appear much
smaller than normal, most often the result of aneurological dysfunction.
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Examples
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He also had epilepsy, migraines and a brain disorder called micropsia and macropsia, in which the brain perceives objects to be smaller or larger than they actually are.
The Dark Side of Wonderland: The Scandals of Lewis Carroll | myFiveBest 2010
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Dysmegalopsia: perceiving objects as becoming larger (macropsia) or smaller (micropsia); dysmorphopsia: perceiving objects as distorted in shape
The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry Michael Alan Taylor 1993
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Psychic seizures: Isolated auras with hallucinations, depersonalisations, micropsia or macropsia, déjà vu or jamais vu (especially if right sided origin) can occur.
British Blogs 2009
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Of course, I could continue to delineate patterns and trend lines on chart after chart -- not solely the micropsia group -- but I suspect you get the idea, so will stop here.
Healthcare Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha 2009
bilby commented on the word micropsia
Micropsia is the contrary condition, ie. when objects appear smaller than they really are.
November 29, 2007