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Definition: PHOSPHENE |
PHOSPHENENoun1. A luminous impression produced through excitation of the retina by some cause other than the impingement upon it of rays of light, as by pressure upon the eyeball when the lids are closed. Cf. After-image. |
Etymology: Phosphene \Phos"phene\, noun. [Greek expression light to show.]. (Websters 1913) |
Crosswords: PHOSPHENE |
| English words defined with "PHOSPHENE": Photopsia. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "PHOSPHENE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | elektrisk fosfen (electric phosphene). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | elektrisch fosfeen (electric phosphene). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | phosphène électrique (electric phosphene). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | elektrisches Phosphen (electric phosphene). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ηλεκτρική φωτοψία (electric phosphene). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | osphenephay fosfeno eléctrico (electric phosphene). (various references) fosfeno. (various references) đom đóm mắt. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "PHOSPHENE": phosphenes. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-h-h-n-o-p-p-s" | |
-3 letters: peones, phones, shoppe, sphene. | |
-4 letters: hones, hopes, hosen, neeps, opens, peens, peeps, penes, peons, pepos, phone, phons, pones, popes, sheen, sheep, shone. | |
-5 letters: eons, epos, hehs, hens, hoes, hone, hons, hope, hops, hose, neep, noes, nope, nose, nosh, ones, open, opes, peen, peep, pees, pehs, pens, peon, pepo, peps, peso, phon, pone, pons. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-h-h-n-o-p-p-s" | |
+1 letter: phosphenes. | |
+4 letters: nephropathies, phanerophytes. | |
+5 letters: hypnotherapies, phosphorescent. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 48 4F 53 50 48 45 4E 45 |
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