photoepileptic
UK/ˌfəʊ.təʊˌɛpɪˈlɛp.tɪk/US/ˌfoʊ.toʊˌɛpɪˈlɛp.tɪk/
photoepileptic adjective: of, pertaining, affected by, or causing photoepilepsy.
Adjective
photoepileptic (not comparable)
- Of, pertaining, affected by, or causing photoepilepsy.
- The effect of stroboscopic photostimulation upon an institutionalized, mentally retarded, photoepileptic male was studied.1979 August, Glenn A. Plaster, Karen J. Lodge, Dallas E. Mulvaney, “Effect of Distance of Photostimulation on a Photosensitive Epileptic Subject”, in Psychological Reports, volume 45, number 1, →DOI...
- The oscillating visual stimulus required to elicit an SSVEP can be (depending on the stimulation frequency) annoying for the user and even dangerous since it can trigger photoepileptic seizures.2008 August, Gary Garcia Molina, “Detection of high-frequency steady state visual evoked potentials using phase rectified reconstruction”, in 2008 16th European Signal Processing Conference, archived...
Origin of photoepileptic
From photo- + epileptic or photoepilepsy + -tic.
Words that rhyme with photoepileptic
Questions about photoepileptic
- What does photoepileptic mean?
- Photoepileptic means of, pertaining, affected by, or causing photoepilepsy.
- What part of speech is photoepileptic?
- Photoepileptic is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce photoepileptic?
- Photoepileptic is pronounced /ˌfəʊ.təʊˌɛpɪˈlɛp.tɪk/ (UK).
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