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magnetophosphene

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mag-ne-tophosphene
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A flash of light seen when the optic nerve is subjected to a strong changing magnetic field (such as in an MRI).

Example Sentences

Etymology

From magneto- + phosphene.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

magnetophosphenes (plural)

Questions

What does magnetophosphene mean?
A flash of light seen when the optic nerve is subjected to a strong changing magnetic field (such as in an MRI).
Where does magnetophosphene come from?
From magneto- + phosphene.

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