quadrantanopsian.
/ˌkwɒdr(ə)ntəˈnɒpsɪə/, U.S. /ˌkwɑdrəntəˈnɑpsiə/ Medicine.
= quadrantanopia n.
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hemiopia1811
scotoma1821
concentric contraction1858
hemianopia1882
hemianopsia1883
field defect1884
quadrantanopia1909
quadrantanopsia1910
macular sparing1940
tunnel vision1949
1910 Lippincott's New Med. Dict. 802/1 Quadrantanopsia, a sector defect of the eye with blindness limited to a portion of the visual field and due to cortical disease.
1919 E. E. Southard Shell Shock v. 161 These are cases of lesions of the posterior part of the parietal–temporal lobe, and are usually accompanied by a hemi- or a quadrantanopsia.
1977 Tate & Lynn Princ. Quantitative Perimetry i. 44 Testing of both eyes assures that the pattern is not a pair of right and left homonymous quadrantanopsias.
1993 Neurosurg. 33 50 Postoperative visual field examination revealed full visual fields without quadrantanopsia.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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