DIPLOPIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does diplopia mean? 

• DIPLOPIA (noun)
  The noun DIPLOPIA has 1 sense:

1. visual impairment in which an object is seen as two objects

  Familiarity information: DIPLOPIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIPLOPIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Visual impairment in which an object is seen as two objects

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

diplopia; double vision

Context example:

diplopia often disappears when one eye is covered

Hypernyms ("diplopia" is a kind of...):

vision defect; visual defect; visual disorder; visual impairment (impairment of the sense of sight)

 Context examples 

Clinical features include ataxia, headache, nausea, dizzyness, nystagmus, diplopia, papilledema, etc.

(Malignant Cerebellar Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

The most common presenting symptoms are headache, nausea, vomiting, ataxia of gait or limb, paresis, diplopia, and dizziness.

(Cerebellar Astrocytoma, NCI Thesaurus)