'Diplopia' definitions:
Definition of 'diplopia'
From: WordNet
noun
Visual impairment in which an object is seen as two objects; "diplopia often disappears when one eye is covered" [syn: diplopia, double vision]
Definition of 'Diplopia'
From: GCIDE
- Diplopia \Di*plo"pi*a\, Diplopy \Dip"lo*py\, n. [NL. diplopia, from Gr. ? double + the root of ? sight: cf. F. diplopie.] (Med.) The act or state of seeing double. [1913 Webster]
- Note: In crossed or heteronymous diplopia the image seen by the right eye is upon the left hand, and that seen by the left eye is upon the right hand. In homonymous diplopia the image seen by the right eye is on the right side, that by the left eye on the left side. In vertical diplopia one image stands above the other. [1913 Webster]