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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[NL.

scotomia

, from Gr. [GREEK] dizziness, fr. [GREEK] to darken, fr.

σκότοσ

darkness: cf. F.

scotomie

Dizziness with dimness of sight.

[Obs.]

Massinger.

(Med.)

Obscuration of the field of vision due to the appearance of a dark spot before the eye.

Noun.

[Gr. vertigo, from to darken.]

Dizziness or swimming of the head, with dimness of sight.

scotomy ‎(countable and uncountable, plural scotomies)

(obsolete) dizziness with dimness of sight
- c. 1605–06, Jonson, Ben, “Volpone; or The Fox”, in Gifford, William, editor, The Works of Ben Jonson, Act 1, Scene 1, published 1843, page 178:
  O, sir, 'tis past the scotomy;
- c. 1615–18, Massinger, Philip, “The Old Law”, in Gifford, William, editor, The Plays of Philip Massinger, Act 3, Scene 2, published 1845, page 511:
  I have got the scotomy in my head already.
(obsolete) obscuration of the field of vision due to the appearance of a dark spot before the eye