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musca volitans

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mus⋅ca vol⋅i⋅tans

[muhs-kuh vol-i-tanz]
–noun, plural mus⋅cae vol⋅i⋅tan⋅tes [muhs-kee vol-i-tan-teez, muhs-ee] . Ophthalmology.
floater (def. 6).

Origin:
< NL; L: fly flying about
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musca volitans

noun
spots before the eyes caused by opaque cell fragments in the vitreous humor and lens; "floaters seem to drift through the field of vision" 
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