anisocoria

English

Anisocoria

Etymology

From an- +‎ isocoria.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ænˌaɪsəˈkɔɹ i ə/, /-ˈkoʊɹ-/, /ˌænaɪ-/

Noun

anisocoria (uncountable)

1. (pathology) A condition characterized by unequal size of the pupils of the eye.
   • 2009, Alexander DeLahunta, Eric Glass, Veterinary Neuroanatomy and Clinical Neurology, 3rd edition, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, page 182:

     Anisocoria is the occurrence of unequal or asymmetric pupils. Very slight differences are common and of no significance.

Derived terms

• anisocoric

 

Translations

unequal size of the pupils

• Belarusian: анізакарыя f (anizakaryja)
• Bulgarian: анизокория f (anizokorija)
• French: anisocorie (fr) f
• German: Anisokorie f
• Polish: anizokoria (pl) f
• Portuguese: anisocoria f
• Russian: анизокори́я (ru) f (anizokoríja)
• Spanish: anisocoria
• Ukrainian: анізокорія f (anizokorija)

Italian

Noun

anisocoria f (plural anisocorie)

1. (medicine) anisocoria

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ni.zo.koˈɾi.ɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ni.zo.koˈɾi.ɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ni.zo.koˈɾi.a/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ni.zu.kuˈɾi.ɐ/

• Hyphenation: a‧ni‧so‧co‧ri‧a

Noun

anisocoria f (uncountable)

1. (pathology, ophthalmology) anisocoria (unequal size of the pupils)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anisoˈkoɾja/ [a.ni.soˈko.ɾja]
• Rhymes: -oɾja
• Syllabification: a‧ni‧so‧co‧ria

Noun

anisocoria f (uncountable)

1. (pathology, ophthalmology) anisocoria (unequal size of the pupils)

Further reading

• “anisocoria”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10