Anopsia

Anopsia
Other names	Anopia
Scheme showing central connections of the optic nerves and optic tracts. (Lesions at different locations relate to different types of anopsias.)
Specialty	Neurology

An anopsia is a defect in the visual field. If the defect is only partial, then the portion of the field with the defect can be used to isolate the underlying cause.

Types of partial anopsia:

• Hemianopsia
  • Homonymous hemianopsia
  • Heteronymous hemianopsia
    • Binasal hemianopsia
    • Bitemporal hemianopsia
  • Superior hemianopia
  • Inferior hemianopia
• Quadrantanopia

Etymology

The term anopsia comes from the Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-), "un-" and ὄψις (opsis) "sight".