"optogram" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: optograms [plural]
Etymology: opto- + -gram Etymology templates: {{confix|en|opto|gram}} opto- + -gram Head templates: {{en-noun}} optogram (plural optograms)
  1. (physiology) An image of external objects fixed on the retina by the photochemical action of light on rhodopsi. Categories (topical): Physiology Related terms: optography Translations (image of external objects fixed on the retina by the photochemical action of light on the visual purple): optogramme (French), optogramma [masculine] (Italian)

Inflected forms

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