micropsyn.
/ˈmʌɪkrɒpsi/, U.S. /ˈmaɪˌkrɑpsi/ Medicine. rare.
= micropsia n.
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day blindness?1587
metamorphopsia1807
night vision1838
meropia1846
micropsy1857
micropsia1869
megalopsia1884
double vision1889
macropsia1890
aniseikonia1934
lazy eye1960
1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Micropsia, term for the state of vision in which objects appear smaller than natural: micropsy.
1890 W. James Princ. Psychol. ii. xix. 93 In consequence of this so-called micropsy, Aubert relates that he saw a man apparently no larger than a photograph.
1979 Neuropädiatrie 10 183 He signalized the onset of a micropsy a few seconds after the transition from this pattern into one which showed a relative voltage decrease and the reappearance of some alpha-activity.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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