entoptic sensation

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• entoptic phenomenon —    Also known as entoptic imagery, entoptic image, and entoptic form. All four terms are indebted to the Greek words entos (inside) and opsis (seeing). Traditionally the expression entoptic phenomenon is used to denote any member of a group of… …   Dictionary of Hallucinations

• entoptic pulse — the subjective sensation of seeing in the dark a flash of light at each heart beat …   Medical dictionary

• Haidinger's brush — is an entoptic phenomenon first described by Austrianphysicist Wilhelm Karl von Haidinger in 1844.Many people are able to perceive polarization of light.It may be seen as a yellowish horizontal bar or bow tie shape (with fuzzy ends, hence the… …   Wikipedia

• Pulse — The rhythmic dilation of an artery resulting from beating of the heart. It is often measured by feeling the arteries of the wrist. * * * Rhythmic dilation of an artery, produced by the increased volume of blood thrown into the vessel by the… …   Medical dictionary

• retinogenic phenomenon —    Also known as idioretinal phenomenon and idioretinal sensation. The term retinogenic phenomenon is indebted to the Latin noun retina (little net) and the Greek noun genesis (creation, origin). It is used to denote a visual hallucination or… …   Dictionary of Hallucinations