skotoma

Indonesian

Etymology

Derived from Late Latin scotoma, from Ancient Greek σκότωμα (skótōma), σκότος (skótos, “darkness”)

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /skoˈtoma/ [skoˈt̪o.ma]
• Rhymes: -oma
• Syllabification: sko‧to‧ma

Noun

skotoma (plural skotoma-skotoma)

1. (ophthalmology) blind spot, scotoma: an area of impaired or lost vision within a visual field otherwise in a good (or at least healthy) state

   Synonyms: bintik buta, titik buta (proscribed)

Further reading

• “skotoma”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016