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Jan 17, 2003 16:42

teichopsia

The jagged, shimmering visual sensation resembling the fortifications of a walled medieval town; the scintillating scotoma of migraine.

Origin: G. Teichos, wall, + opsis, vision

Synonyms: fortification spectrum, fortification figures, telehopsias, and flittering scotoma

epeolatry, migraines

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