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Definition of Muscae volitantes

Muscae volitantes
Musca Mus"ca, n.; pl. Musc[ae]. [L., a fly.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) A genus of dipterous insects, including the common house fly, and numerous allied species. Note: Formerly, a large part of the Diptera were included under the genus Musca. 2. (Astron.) A small constellation situated between the Southern Cross and the Pole. Musc[ae] volitantes. [L., flying flies.] (Med.) Specks or filaments apparently seen moving or glinding about in the field of vision. Their appearance is often a symptom of disease of the eye, or of disorder of the nervous system.

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- consistency, refractive index, and motility. They are also called muscae volitantes (Latin for 'flying flies'), or mouches volantes (from the same phrase...
- Scheerer's phenomenon can be easily distinguished from floaters (muscae volitantes). Scheerer's phenomenon consists of corpuscles of identical diameter...
- understood. Some examples of entoptical effects include: Floaters or muscae volitantes are slowly drifting blobs of varying size, shape, and transparency...