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spintherism

spintherism noun: photopsia.

Noun

spintherism (uncountable)

  1. photopsia

Origin of spintherism

From Ancient Greek σπινθήρ (spinthḗr, “spark”) + -ism.

Questions about spintherism

What does spintherism mean?
Spintherism means photopsia.
What part of speech is spintherism?
Spintherism is a noun.

Words near spintherism in the dictionary

  1. spinthariscope
  2. spinthariscopes
  3. spinthariscopic
  4. spintherid
  5. spintherids
  6. spintherism
  7. spinto
  8. spintos
  9. spintrap
  10. spintrapping
  11. spintraps

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