diplopia
noun
dip·lo·pia
di-ˈplō-pē-ə 
: a disorder of vision in which two images of a single object are seen (as from unequal action of the eye muscles)
called also double vision
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We won't give you any double-talk about diplopia. The word is simply the sum of the combining forms dipl- (meaning "double") and -opia (meaning "vision"). Visionarily speaking, the linguistic relatives of diplopia include hyperopia ("farsightedness"), myopia ("nearsightedness"), deuteranopia ("red-green color blindness"), and presbyopia ("loss of elasticity in the eye's lens").
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Understandably, strabismus is frequently accompanied by diplopia, or double vision.
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Peter Lewis, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Nov. 2017
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“Diplopia.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/diplopia. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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diplopia
noun
dip·lo·pia
dip-ˈlō-pē-ə
: a disorder of vision in which two images of a single object are seen (as from unequal action of the eye muscles)
called also double vision
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