muscae volitantes

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muscae volitantes [ˈmʌsiː vɒlɪˈtæntiːz]

pl n

(Medicine / Pathology) Pathol moving black specks or threads seen before the eyes, caused by opaque fragments floating in the vitreous humour or a defect in the lens

[New Latin: flying flies]

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muscae volitantes - spots before the eyes caused by opaque cell fragments in the vitreous humor and lens; "floaters seem to drift through the field of vision"

floater, musca volitans, spots

symptom - (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease

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