Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

entoptic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: en-top-tic
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Located within the eyeball.

adj

Of or relating to visual phenomena caused by objects within the eye, or the objects themselves.

Example Sentences

"When small opaque particles exist in the transparent media, they may cast their shadow on the retina so as to give rise to images which are projected outwards by the mind into space, and thus appear to exist outside of the body. Such phenomena are termed entoptic."
"Entoptic [corrected] phenomena in pregeniculate and postgeniculate hemianopsia with splitting of macula by perimetry [the original article ((15 March 1990), volume 109, number 3, page 375) misspelled the word as entopic]"

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἐντός (entós)der. English ent- English optic English entoptic From ent- + optic.

Questions

What does entoptic mean?: Located within the eyeball.
Where does entoptic come from?: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἐντός (entós)der. English ent- English optic English entoptic From ent- + optic.

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