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retinotopic

retinotopic adjective: describing a projection of an image onto a part of the brain that preserves the spatial relations of the image as received by the retina.

Adjective

retinotopic (not comparable)

  1. Describing a projection of an image onto a part of the brain that preserves the spatial relations of the image as received by the retina

Origin of retinotopic

From retino- + -topic.

Words formed from retinotopic

Questions about retinotopic

What does retinotopic mean?
Retinotopic means describing a projection of an image onto a part of the brain that preserves the spatial relations of the image as received by the retina.
What part of speech is retinotopic?
Retinotopic is an adjective.

Words near retinotopic in the dictionary

  1. retinotectal
  2. retinothalamic
  3. retinothalamocortical
  4. retinotomies
  5. retinotomy
  6. retinotopic
  7. retinotopical
  8. retinotopically
  9. retinotopy
  10. retinotoxic
  11. retinotoxicity

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