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A spot in the visual field in which vision is absent or deficient
New Latin, from Medieval Latin, dimness of vision, from Greek skotōmat-, skotōma, from skotoun to darken, from skotos
First Known Use: 1875
An area or facet of one's personality of which one remains ignorant or fails to gain understanding. Also called mental scotoma, scotoma.
Psychiatry An area of a person's personality of which he is totally unaware, since recognition would cause painful emotions.
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