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entoptic
PRONUNCIATION:
(en-TOP-tik)
MEANING:
adjective: Relating to images that originate within the eye (as opposed to images resulting from the light entering the eye).
Example: floaters, thread-like fragments that appear to float in front of the eye but are caused by the matter within the eye.
Example: floaters, thread-like fragments that appear to float in front of the eye but are caused by the matter within the eye.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Greek ento- (within) + optic (relating to the eye or sight). Earliest documented use: 1876.
USAGE:
"The people whom we loved seem to float across our hearts (like those entoptic specks that drift across our eyeballs).”
Mark Leyner; My Cousin, My Gastroenterologist; Vintage; 1990.
Mark Leyner; My Cousin, My Gastroenterologist; Vintage; 1990.
