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magnetophosphene

magnetophosphene noun: a flash of light seen when the optic nerve is subjected to a strong changing magnetic field (such as in an MRI).

Noun

magnetophosphene (plural magnetophosphenes)

  1. A flash of light seen when the optic nerve is subjected to a strong changing magnetic field (such as in an MRI).
    • A number of transient phenomena were reported for human subjects in the first 4 T whole-body systems, including vertigo, difficulty in balancing after leaving the magnet, nausea, headache, numbness or tingling, magnetophosphenes, and an unusual metallic taste in the mouth.2010, Xiaoping Hu, David G. Norris, “Advances in high-field magnetic resonance imaging”, in Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering

Forms of magnetophosphene

pluralmagnetophosphenes

Origin of magnetophosphene

From magneto- + phosphene.

Questions about magnetophosphene

What does magnetophosphene mean?
Magnetophosphene means a flash of light seen when the optic nerve is subjected to a strong changing magnetic field (such as in an MRI).
What part of speech is magnetophosphene?
Magnetophosphene is a noun.
What is the plural of magnetophosphene?
The plural of magnetophosphene is magnetophosphenes.

Words near magnetophosphene in the dictionary

  1. magnetophonons
  2. magnetophoreses
  3. magnetophoresis
  4. magnetophoretic
  5. magnetophoretically
  6. magnetophosphene
  7. magnetophosphenes
  8. magnetophotoluminescence
  9. magnetophotonic
  10. magnetoplasma
  11. magnetoplasmadynamic

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