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noun

all that is visible to the eye outside the central area of focus; side vision.

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horizon, ken, range, scope, sweep, purview

Words nearby peripheral vision

peripheral motor neuron, peripheral nervous system, peripheral ossifying fibroma, peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumour, peripheral scotoma, peripheral vision, peripheralism, peripheric, periphery, periphlebitis, periphrasis
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Medical definitions for peripheral vision

peripheral vision

n.

Vision produced by light rays falling on areas of the retina beyond the macula.indirect vision
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