muscae volitantes in English

noun
1
dark specks appearing to float before the eyes, generally caused by particles in the vitreous humor of the eye.
This embryonic artery atrophies by the 8 1/2 month but a few persistent remnants are evident entoptically as muscae volitantes (an appearance as of moving spots before the eyes).
noun

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1. These are not technically muscae volitantes, however, since they are the result of minor injury.

2. In addition to identifying some of the sources of muscae volitantes, he discovered that farsightedness is due to a shortening of the eyeball and that the blurred vision of astigmatism is caused by uneven surfaces of the cornea and lens.