muscaen.
/ˈmʌskiː/, /ˈmʌssiː/, U.S. /ˈməski/, /ˈməssi/ Chiefly Ophthalmology.
= muscae volitantes n.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [noun] > specks or sparks before eye
stars1598
synchysis1684
muscae volitantes1715
spot1785
phosphene1852
muscae1856
sparkling synchisis1859
spark1899
floater1902
1856 N. Brit. Rev. 26 169 M. De la Hire..describes these muscæ as of two kinds, some permanent and fixed,..and others as volatile, or flying about and changing their place, even though the eye be fixed.
1879 G. C. Harlan Eyesight v. 61 ‘Muscae’ may be made evident in any eye by looking through a small pin-hole in a card at a bright light.
1964 S. Duke-Elder Parsons' Dis. Eye (ed. 14) xx. 283 Any relatively non-transparent bodies situated anterior to the rods and cones are..able to produce muscæ.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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