1) Area of denial 2) Concern before changing lanes 3) Exclusively Saxon word 4) Exclusively Anglo word 5) Problem when merging 6) Weakness of a kind 7) What a rearview mirror misses 8) Word of purely Anglo origin 9) Word with Anglo-Saxon origins
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[vehicle] A blind spot in a vehicle is an area around the vehicle that cannot be directly observed by the driver while at the controls, under existing circumstances. Blind spots exist in a wide range of vehicles: cars, trucks, motorboats, sailboats. and aircraft. Other types of transport have no blind spots at all, such as bicycles, motorcy...
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[vision] A blind spot, scotoma, is an obscuration of the visual field. A particular blind spot known as the blind spot, physiological blind spot, `blind point`, or punctum caecum in medical literature, is the place in the visual field that corresponds to the lack of light-detecting photoreceptor cells on the optic disc of the retina where t...
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small portion of the visual field of each eye that corresponds to the position of the optic disk (also known as the optic nerve head) within the ... [3 related articles]
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A small region of the vertebrate eye that has no photoreceptors – rods or cones – because it is the place where the optic nerve connects to the retina. To locate your blind spot, close your left eye and stare at the cross in this picture with your right eye. Adjust the distance...
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Synonym for physiologic scotoma ... The negative scotoma in the visual field, corresponding to the optic disk. ... Synonym: blind spot. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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optic disk. mental scotoma.
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Sightless area within the visual field of a normal eye Caused by absence of light sensitive photoreceptors where the optic nerve enters the eye
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Type: Term Synonyms: physiologic scotoma, mental scotoma, optic disc
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Blind spot: In ophthalmology, a blind spot is: A small area of the retina where the optic nerve enters the eye; this type of blind spot occurs normally in all eyes. Any gap in the visual field corresponding to an area of the retina where no visual cells are present; this type of blind spot is associated with eye disease.
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That portion of the visual field behind the line of sight, that cannot be seen without changing eye and head position.
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n] - the point where the optic nerve enters the retina
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Site on the retina where the optic nerve penetrates the retina and leaves the eye; because no rods or cones are present at this spot to capture incoming light, an object whose image falls on the spot is not perceived.
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a spot in the field of vision that is not sensitive to light; it is a product of the entrance of the optic nerve into the eyeball, where no light receptors are present on the retina
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optic disc noun the point where the optic nerve enters the retina; not sensitive to light
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Area where the optic nerve and blood vessels pass through the retina of the eye. No visual image can be formed as there are no light-sensitive cells in this part of the retina. Thus the organism is blind to objects that fall in this part of the visual field
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a small area on the retina that is insensitive to light due to the interruption, where the optic nerve joins the retina, of the normal pattern of light-sensitive rods and cones. See diag. under · an area or subject about which one is uninformed, prejudiced, or unappreciative: I confess that operettas are my blind spot. · an area in whic...
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Every vehicle has its blind spots. In many cases, these are located on both sides of the vehicle. It’s important to make sure mirrors are in the correct position so you can minimize the space on either side of the car which is “blind” from the driver.
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