entoptic

British

/ ɛnˈtɒptɪk /

adjective

(of visual sensation) resulting from structures within the eye itself

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Etymology

Origin of entoptic

_ento- + _optic

Example Sentences

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Midway, again, between entoptic and ordinary external vision we may place after-images; which, although themselves perceptible with shut eyes, presuppose a previous retinal stimulation from without;—forming, in fact, the entoptic sequel� of ordinary external vision.

From Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death by Myers, F. W. H. (Frederic William Henry)

In their simplest spontaneous form they are the cerebral sequel� of external vision, just as after-images are its entoptic sequel�.

From Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death by Myers, F. W. H. (Frederic William Henry)

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