English Explanatory Dictionary

prosopometamorphopsia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A disorder of facial perception, in which the patient perceives people's faces as distorted, often with morbid affective features.

Word forms

prosopometamorphopsia

Etymology

First used in 1953 by British neurologist MacDonald Critchley, from Ancient Greek πρόσωπον (prósōpon, “face”) + English metamorphopsia (“distorted vision”).

Synonyms

PMO demon face syndrome
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