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Byerruma scotoma

Byerruma scotoma (J. P. Bjerrum, Danish ophthalmologist, 1851-1920; Greek skotuma, from skotos – darkness + Greek Uma – the termination in the name of tumors) – the arc-shaped defect of a field of vision found at glaucoma which is the blind spot increased down.

 
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