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palinopsia

palinopsia noun: a visual disturbance that causes images to persist to some extent even after their corresponding stimulus has left.

Noun

palinopsia (uncountable)

  1. A visual disturbance that causes images to persist to some extent even after their corresponding stimulus has left.

Origin of palinopsia

From Ancient Greek πάλιν (pálin, “again”) + -opsia.

Questions about palinopsia

What does palinopsia mean?
Palinopsia means a visual disturbance that causes images to persist to some extent even after their corresponding stimulus has left.
What part of speech is palinopsia?
Palinopsia is a noun.

Words near palinopsia in the dictionary

  1. palinodist
  2. palinodists
  3. palinody
  4. palinological
  5. palinopia
  6. palinopsia
  7. palinquin
  8. palinquins
  9. Palins
  10. palinspastic
  11. palinspastically

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