metamorphopsia
Vision warps shapes
Metamorphopsia is a visual disturbance in which objects appear distorted—warped, bent, or the wrong size.
Straight lines may seem wavy, faces may look misshapen.
The condition typically results from problems with the retina or visual cortex, particularly macular degeneration: The Amsler grid test revealed metamorphopsia in her left eye.
Bent out of true
- wavyHaving gentle curves
- bentCurved; also dishonest
- curvedSmoothly bent, not angular
- twistedWound around itself
skewed · stretched · contorted · misshapen · irregular · anamorphosis · funhouse mirror · fisheye
Disease of eye's photosensitive layer
- scotomaLocalized vision absence
- macular degenerationRetinal disease causing central blindness
- photoreceptorsCells sensing light
- edemaPathological tissue puffiness
vitrectomy · ophthalmologist · visual field · fovea · diplopia
Hazy and fantastical
- hallucinatorySeeming falsely perceived
- uncannyEerily beyond normal
- kafkaesqueNightmarishly illogical and bureaucratic
- phantasmagoricBizarrely dreamlike and shifting
grotesque · otherworldly · unreal · distorted reality · psychedelic · nightmarish · bizarre · fantastical
Causing loss of direction
- unsettlingCausing unease or discomfort
- disconcertingCausing unease or confusion
- frighteningInspiring terror or alarm
- confusingCausing mental uncertainty
nauseating · vertigo · dizziness · adaptation · coping · anxiety · distress · spatial disorientation
warped
Bent out of true
twisted · skewed · stretched · contorted · misshapen · irregular · anamorphosis · funhouse mirror · fisheye · waviness
retinopathy
Disease of eye's photosensitive layer
- scotomaLocalized vision absence
- macular degenerationRetinal disease causing central blindness
- photoreceptorsCells sensing light
edema · vitrectomy · ophthalmologist · visual field · fovea · diplopia
dreamlike
Hazy and fantastical
- hallucinatorySeeming falsely perceived
- uncannyEerily beyond normal
- kafkaesqueNightmarishly illogical and bureaucratic
phantasmagoric · grotesque · otherworldly · unreal · distorted reality · psychedelic · nightmarish · bizarre · fantastical
disorienting
Causing loss of direction
- unsettlingCausing unease or discomfort
- disconcertingCausing unease or confusion
- frighteningInspiring terror or alarm
confusing · nauseating · vertigo · dizziness · adaptation · coping · anxiety · distress · spatial disorientation · face recognition
- eye problemsblindness, cataracts, glaucoma, blurred vision, eye irritation
- vision problemsblindness, blurry vision, visual impairment, vision loss, sight loss
- Hallucinationsvisual hallucinations, auditory hallucinations, visual hallucination, auditory hallucination, seeing things
- retinal medicineretinal detachment, macular degeneration, AMD, macula, fovea
- Macular Degeneration
- sensory disorderscolor blindness, hearing loss, blindness, visual impairment, numbness
synopsis, amorphous, optical, metamorphosis, myopia, metamorphose, morphology, metamorphic, morpheme