noun
- A medical condition characterized by the inability to see upward; loss of upward gaze.
Usage: medical/ophthalmological term; rare
Examples
- The patient's anoopsia made it difficult to look at objects above eye level.
- Anoopsia can result from damage to the brainstem or midbrain structures.
- The neurologist diagnosed anoopsia after the patient reported inability to gaze upward.
- Anoopsia is sometimes associated with progressive supranuclear palsy.