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magnetophosphenes

magnetophosphenes is the plural of magnetophosphene.

Meaning of magnetophosphene

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

Questions about magnetophosphenes

What is magnetophosphenes the plural of?
Magnetophosphenes is the plural of magnetophosphene.

Words near magnetophosphenes in the dictionary

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

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