Dictionary

diplopia en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /dɪpˈləʊpiə/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *dwís Ancient Greek δῐ́ς (dĭ́s) Ancient Greek -πλόος (-plóos) Ancient Greek δῐπλόος (dĭplóos)der. New Latinder. English diplo- English -opia English diplopia From diplo- + -opia.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) An ophthalmologic condition where one perceives two images for a single object; double vision.
   • As for Bodhidharma the only painting extant is too late to have been done from life. The sage’s eyes are crossed from his exertions. Diplopia giving the impression of the pineal eye, the Third Eye in full flower. 1985, Lawrence Durrell, chapter 3, in Quinx, New York: Viking, page 61:
   • That doctor also noted the diplopia and sent her for a CT scan. 2018 December 13, Lisa Sanders, M.D., “Why Was the Woman Having Trouble Seeing, if Her Eyes Were Fine?”, in The New York Times Magazine:

Forms

Coordinates

triplopia

Translations (13)

id penglihatan ganda (ophthalmologic condition where one perceives two images) · it diplopia (ophthalmologic condition where one perceives two images) · nb diplopi (ophthalmologic condition where one perceives two images) · id diplopia (ophthalmologic condition where one perceives two images) · cmn 重影 (ophthalmologic condition where one perceives two images) · bg двоен образ (ophthalmologic condition where one perceives two images) · cs diplopie (ophthalmologic condition where one perceives two images) · cmn 複視 /复视 (ophthalmologic condition where one perceives two images) · es diplopia (ophthalmologic condition where one perceives two images) · fi diplopia (ophthalmologic condition where one perceives two images) · ca diplopia (ophthalmologic condition where one perceives two images) · nb dobbeltsyn (ophthalmologic condition where one perceives two images) · el διπλωπία (ophthalmologic condition where one perceives two images)