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Definition of Phosphenes
1. phosphene [n] - See also: phosphene
Lexicographical Neighbors of Phosphenes
Literary usage of Phosphenes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1858)
"4. Observations on Binocular Vision. By Prof. WILLIAM B. ROGERS. From the American
Journal of Science and Arts, 1855. 5. Essai sur les phosphenes, ..."
2. Ophthalmology and Ophthalmoscopy: For Practitioners and Students of Medicine by Hermann Schmidt-Rimpler, Daniel Bennett St. John Roosa (1889)
"V. phosphenes. If pressure is made with the tip of the finger or a probe upon
the posterior ... If such pressure-phosphenes are present, conduction to the ..."
3. Outlines of the Comparative Physiology and Morphology of Animals by Joseph LeConte (1899)
"... electricity through the nerve, and also in cases of extirpation of the eye at
the moment of rupture of the optic nerve. EXPERIMENT 2. phosphenes. ..."
4. The Medical and Surgical Reporter (1868)
"Pressing upon the right lateral region, the phosphenes will appear on the left.
Let the eye of the patient view two objects placed before him at a certain ..."
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