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Angioscotoma

Angioscotoma (angioscotoma; Greek angeion (prefix) – the vessel relating to vessels vascular + Greek skotos – a blindness, darkness; synonym: scotoma vascular) – a physiological blindness which is caused by lack of light-sensitive elements in the field of an arrangement of large blood vessels of a retina.

 
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