APA Dictionary of Psychology

amaurosis fugax

Updated on 04/19/2018
recurrent episodes of visual loss, which can be caused by, among other things, glaucoma, intoxication, optic neuritis, migraine, or retinal vascular disease. The visual loss is painless and usually lasts 2 to 3 minutes; recovery of vision is more gradual, marked by gray, blurred, or hazy vision. Also called transient monocular blindness.
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