blind spot

blind spot definition - medical

blind spot

noun
  1. See optic disk.
  2. The area of blindness in the visual field corresponding to the optic disk. Also called physiologic scotoma, punctum cecum.
  3. An area or facet of one's personality of which one remains ignorant or fails to gain understanding. Also called mental scotoma, scotoma.

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