musca volitans

1. 1.

   spots before the eyes caused by opaque cell fragments in the vitreous humor and lens

   “floaters seem to drift through the field of vision”

   Synonymsmuscae volitantesfloaterspots

   Broadersymptom

Questions about musca volitans

What does musca volitans mean?

musca volitans means "spots before the eyes caused by opaque cell fragments in the vitreous humor and lens".

What is another word for musca volitans?

Close synonyms include muscae volitantes, floater, spots. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.