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BLIND-SPOT

\blˈa͡ɪndspˈɒt], \blˈa‍ɪndspˈɒt], \b_l_ˈaɪ_n_d_s_p_ˈɒ_t]\

Definitions of BLIND-SPOT

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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The spot on the retina where the optic nerve enters.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

That portion of the retina insensitive to light, because it is the point of entry of the optic nerve fibers. The optic disk.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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