Home › Words › S › scotomaphobiascotomaphobiascotomaphobia · noun — fear of blindness; fear of spots in one's visual field.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyFrom scotoma + -phobia. By surface analysis, scot- + -oma + -phobe + -ia.nounFear of blindness; fear of spots in one's visual field.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.scotoma 68% match — An area of impaired or lost vision within a visual field otherwise in a good (or at least healthy) state. vs scotomaphobia →scotomatous 66% match — Of or relating to a scotoma. vs scotomaphobia →scopophobia 63% match — An unreasonable fear of being seen, or stared at. vs scotomaphobia →scotophobia 63% match — Fear of darkness. vs scotomaphobia →scotophobic 62% match — Fearing or hating Scotland. vs scotomaphobia →scotophobe 62% match — One who fears or hates Scotland. vs scotomaphobia →scotomize 61% match — To avoid or forget an undesirable memory or trauma. vs scotomaphobia →scotophoric 58% match — Relating to, or characteristic of a scotophor vs scotomaphobia →