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entoptical

entoptical is the alternative form of entoptic.

Meaning of entoptic

Adjective

entoptic (not comparable)

  1. Located within the eyeball.
  2. Of or relating to visual phenomena caused by objects within the eye, or the objects themselves.
    • When small opaque particles exist in the transparent media, they may cast their shadow on the retina so as to give rise to images which are projected outwards by the mind into space, and thus appear to exist outside of the body. Such phenomena are termed entoptic.1911, 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Vision

Questions about entoptical

What is entoptical the alternative form of?
Entoptical is the alternative form of entoptic.

Words near entoptical in the dictionary

  1. entoproct
  2. entoprocts
  3. entopterygoid
  4. entopterygoids
  5. entoptic
  6. entoptical
  7. entoptically
  8. entoptics
  9. entoptoscope
  10. entoptoscopes
  11. entoptoscopic

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