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photostress

photostress noun: exposure of the eye to bright light and measurement of the time taken for vision to return, used in ocular diagnosis.

Noun

photostress (uncountable)

  1. (attributive) Exposure of the eye to bright light and measurement of the time taken for vision to return, used in ocular diagnosis

Origin of photostress

From photo- + stress.

Questions about photostress

What does photostress mean?
Photostress means exposure of the eye to bright light and measurement of the time taken for vision to return, used in ocular diagnosis.
What part of speech is photostress?
Photostress is a noun.

Words near photostress in the dictionary

  1. photostimulus
  2. photostories
  3. photostory
  4. photostream
  5. photostreams
  6. photostress
  7. photostressed
  8. photostriction
  9. photostrictive
  10. photostructurable
  11. photosubstitution

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